Judge finds city's sick leave mandate unconstitutional - JSOnline.
So, the rush by Milwaukee suburbs to enact cynical "blocking" ordinances to isolate the City of Milwaukee after voters passed a sick leave rule was for naught - - as I tried to warn Franklin's Economic Development Commission when the proposed ordinance came up for discussion.
Just couldn't wait for a ruling that was pending while these ordinances were under discussion, so now Franklin and quite a few other "proactive" suburbs have versions of the following sweeping language on the books:
No ordinance of the City of Franklin or any other municipal ordinance,
rule, or regulation shall require that any private employer provide
particular wages or benefits to its employees or set forth the amount
or type of any employee wage or benefit provided an employee working
within the City or doing business with the City, except as may be
required by another governmental agency funded project, such as the
Community Development Block Grant program or the like, or by way of
State or Federal statute or administrative code or rule.”
The electorate is stripped of one more citizen action tool that it may need more than ever as we navigate an unprecedented economic storm.
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