Well in any case, the article headline is obviously meant to sew discord and not actually report news - thank you for showing another "news" outlet to avoid.

But someone below posted that they already get 25 days of PTO at minimum - it took me five years at the same company to get that kind of time off.

I would disagree, at least 25 days PTO seems quite reasonable to me.

I wish the article said more - they do say, "seven more sick days" - how many did they already have?

It seems to me that the state should pay from tax money and not the business? I mean the business is already hurt by the loss of an employee… also, what about people who are self-employed or retired? Are they not entitled to compensation for their time?

It’s appalling that people aren’t paid at least minimum wage, and of course even that would still be a hardship for most.