Dallas joins Austin, San Antonio in requiring employers to offer paid sick leave

All Dallas employers would have to provide paid sick leave for employees under an ordinance approved Wednesday by the City Council.

Clergy members, labor and community organizations had pushed for the measure — primarily aimed at service jobs — as a way to help low-income working families who don’t have the time-off benefits enjoyed by many higher-income workers.

Dallas will join Austin and San Antonio as the only major Texas cities to require sick leave if the ordinance stands. But that’s a big if, because the Legislature is weighing whether to kill such local mandates

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