Judge Blocks Dallas’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance In the Middle of a Freaking Pandemic
U.S. District Court judge Sean Jordan has blocked the enforcement of Dallas’s city ordinance guaranteeing paid sick leave to workers across the city.
“As a pandemic shatters the health and financial stability of millions across the nation, this court ruling is particularly insidious and a slap in the face to the hundreds of thousands of workers who keep Dallas running,”
Judge Blocks Dallas’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance In the Middle of a Freaking Pandemic
The ordinance entitled all Dallas workers, including restaurant staff, to some paid time off if they got sick.
In a preliminary injunction issued on Monday night, Jordan wrote that the city’s paid sick leave ordinance “runs afoul of both federal and state constitutions, and is therefore unenforceable.” The ordinance, which became effective for “medium or large employers” in 2019, was set to be enforced by city officials starting on April 1, but that won’t happen now due to Jordan’s order.
The Texas Organizing Project, an activist group that supported the ordinance, issued a statement condemning Jordan’s ruling. “As a pandemic shatters the health and financial stability of millions across the nation, this court ruling is particularly insidious and a slap in the face to the hundreds of thousands of workers who keep Dallas running,” the group said in a press release. “Working-class families built Dallas. Our families deserve the abilities to take care of ourselves and our loved ones when we are sick or going through a personal crisis.”
