“La investigación de Small Business Majority ha encontrado que la mayoría de los propietarios de pequeñas empresas de California apoyan la expansión de los días de enfermedad pagados anuales garantizados de tres a siete,” explicó Mitchell.
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The Equal Employment for All Act ensures hiring and other employment decisions are made based on an individual’s merits — not their credit reports. The legislation is endorsed by: Main Street Alliance, Small Business Majority and Consumer Federation of America.
Nueva encuesta encuentra que la mayoría de los propietarios de pequeñas empresas de California apoyan un incremento en la tasa de beneficios estatales como una forma eficaz para retener empleados altamente calificados.
Dozens of Los Angeles Workers and Caregivers Unite to Demand for More Paid Sick Leave in California. On Tuesday, dozens of workers, caregivers, leaders and advocates from 14 organizations rallied in Los Angeles to call on California elected leaders to pass SB 616, which would require California employers to provide seven, rather than three, paid sick days per year.
Advocates rallied Tuesday in support of a bill California lawmakers are considering that would let workers take more paid sick days to care for themselves or family.
Julie has broad support from business and labor alike, garnering the endorsement of groups including the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Small Business Majority; the AFL-CIO; and dozens of labor unions across the country.
"Justice-impacted individuals go through a vicious cycle that happens on a big level," said Awesta Sarkash, public policy director of Small Business Majority (SBM). "If someone needs a car to go to work, then they need a valid driver's license. Our workforce will be positively impacted if we give them the resources and tools to reshape their lives."
Small businesses need government to enforce the rules, to produce the premium reductions necessary to keep providing health coverage to workers.
Small Business Majority, a nonprofit group that advocates for small businesses, found in a 2022 survey that nearly one in three small businesses couldn’t survive for more than three months without a change in business conditions, or additional capital.
For nearly a decade, Xiomara Peña (Xio) has worked in various roles at Small Business Majority to ensure that entrepreneurs feel supported and empowered. To align with Small Business Majority’s mission, she has focused on lifting the voices of diverse small business owners to create an inclusive and equitable table that benefits smaller firms in underserved communities.