Some small businesses may not be able to afford the new paid sick leave policy
President Obama signed an executive order on Labor Day that requires federal contractors to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave a year to nearly 300,000 workers.
Small business advocates say this executive order, which is set to take effect for federal contracts signed in 2017, favors organized labor. The White House estimates that 40 percent of private sector workers don’t have access to paid sick leave. And during the signing of the executive order, President Obama urged Congress to pass legislation that would create similar medical leave programs for those private sector workers, according to The Wall Street Journal.