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Donate a Sick Day!

We encourage you to donate to the legal efforts to overturn the Mandated Sick Leave Ordinance passed in the City of Milwaukee. While it may be well-intentioned, this ordinance is detrimental to the growth of business in this region. The ordinance has been passed and implementation is required. The only way to avoid the burdensome financial costs to create, modify and manage a complying plan is through support of the lawsuit.

This website and campaign are a joint effort by BizTimes Media LLC, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) and others to raise awareness, provide information and raise funds to overturn this detrimental ordinance.

Funds are collected by BizTimes Media via PayPal and distributed to a general MMAC fund, protecting the anonymity of donors. Optionally, you can choose to make your support of this legal effort public by selecting that option during the checkout process. 




Why Donate?

  • The only way this ordinance can be overturned is by legal action. This costly endeavor is being taken on by MMAC on behalf of its members and all businesses in the region.
  • There are strong arguments for the illegality of this ordinance, but nonetheless it will require a long legal process and costs estimated at $200,000.
  • Your small contribution today will save countless hours of lost time and productivity in complying to this ordinance.
  • Most organizations will incur hard costs to have existing policies modified, new plans created and policies documented.
  • Your support creates a coalition that may stop proponents of mandated benefits from additional efforts in Milwaukee and neighboring communities.

What is the legal process?

A claim against the City of Milwaukee has been filed and denied. Attorneys on behalf of MMAC are now filing for an injunction to suspend the implementation requirement while the legal battle proceeds.

What are the legal arguments for overturning the ordinance?

The legal arguments are numerous including:

  • Ordinance exceeds legislative authority of the City of Milwaukee (Police Powers/Beyond its borders)
  • Ordinance is expressly preempted by Wisconsin Living Wage
  • Ordinance is preempted by WFMLA
  • Ordinance is preempted by NLRA
  • Ordinance is void for vagueness
     

Please Donate!

We encourage you to think of the cumulative costs on your organization to comply with this ordinance.  By donating the equivalent of a single sick day for one of your staff, you can possibly help prevent this ordinance and the substantial costs to your organization.

If you'd like to donate by check, make payable to MMAC and mail to:

Steve Baas / Mandated Sick Leave
MMAC
756 N. Milwaukee Street, Suite 400
Milwaukee, WI 53202

 
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Milwaukee

I'm in support of the SPIRIT of the ordinance, but implementation has ALREADY had irreparable harm...

- Erica Conway, C2 Graphics

Attorneys argue merits of Milwaukee's sick-leave ordinance
May 12, 2009
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Thomas Cooper, who listened to arguments for nearly three hours, said he expects to issue a written decision within 30 days. "This is an important issue for everybody, and I'll give it my best shot," he said. "But this is the first stage, and I believe the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court will probably weigh in."
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Judge To Rule over Sick Leave Ordinance
May 11, 2009
This is a big day in the fight over whether Milwaukee businesses should be forced to provide paid sick leave to their workers. Both sides are expected to pack a courtroom as attorneys will argue their case for and against the city's controverial ordinance.
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Waukesha takes first step against sick pay law
March 18, 2009
Alderman Emanuele Vitale was one of 14 common council members to approve a draft ordinance during Tuesday’s meeting that would prohibit mandating payment of employee wages or benefits, such as sick leave, for workers in Waukesha.
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Sick-leave mandate feels ill-timed
February 28, 2009
In their guts, people know that nobody deserves to be punished for being sick. But talk about timing. Most everybody is sick - about the economy.
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Put your sick-leave opinion on the Radio!
February 25, 2009
Our 'Be Heard' telephone line (414-475-8889) is set up to collect opinions on a timely and relevant issue in the Milwaukee community.
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Officials look at banning mandatory sick-day policy
February 24, 2009
The city of Brookfield is taking a look at prohibiting the Common Council from requiring private businesses to provide certain wages or benefits to employees.
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Businesses in D.C. and San Francisco don’t like sick leave mandates
February 20, 2009
“I applaud the philosophy behind (the sick leave ordinance), but communities can’t really act in isolation in these types of manners because of the laws of unintended consequences,” said David Becker, president of PhilippeBecker, a branding and design firm in San Francisco with 22 employees.
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Communities Say No To Paid Sick Leave
February 16, 2009
The Villages of Germantown, Menomonee Falls, and Kewaskum all passed ordinances Monday night prohibiting the communities from forcing businesses to provide certain benefits to workers.
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