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Are you tired of worrying if someone who should be home in bed is instead preparing|serving your food? In Philly, you won't have to.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports

Mayor [Michael] Nutter signed mandatory paid sick leave into law [February 12.]

[...]In 90 days, businesses with 10 or more employees will be required to give workers at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked. [Councilman William K. Greenlee, who had introduced the bill as well as similar bills in 2011 and 2013,] says the bill will benefit up to 200,000 Philadelphians.

Workers will be able to use accrued sick time for their own illnesses or those of family members, or to seek support in dealing with domestic violence or sexual assault. Employees not covered include independent contractors, seasonal workers or those hired for fewer than six months, adjunct professors, interns, government employees, and workers covered by collective-bargaining agreements.

Councilmen David Oh and Brian J. O'Neill, two of Council's three Republicans, were the only members to vote against the measure.

The business community--the hospitality industry in particular--had lobbied against the bill, saying it could dissuade companies from moving to Philadelphia or current ones from expanding.