What to Know: The Texas Third Court of Appeals has scheduled oral arguments on the challenge to the Austin mandatory paid sick leave ordinance for October 17, 2018.

“City employees will still see the ordinance take hold as part of their benefit package on the intended date, but HR plans to contact external business chambers and professional organizations to postpone any scheduled presentations, and also put the kibosh on any media advertising of implementation,” the Austin Chronicle reports.

The TPPF Take: Austin will lose this fight in court because its ordinance runs afoul of state law.

“Mandatory paid sick leave ordinances like Austin’s violate the law because they require a higher level of compensation than the Texas minimum wage,” says TPPF’s Rob Henneke. “But the more fundamental principle is that government shouldn’t be involving itself in negotiations over pay and benefits between employers and workers.”

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