Thank you for opportunity to provide comment on this new legislation regarding paid sick leave. My organization employees approximately 100 people, and 80% of those are part time.

We already provide a sick leave benefit to our full-time employees however, being forced to provide this benefit to employees already working a flexible, part-time schedule will be a financial burden. Most of the part-time employees work in the Personal Care line of business that is paid by Virginia Medicaid and as you know, we did not receive an increase in reimbursement to even cover the increased cost of wages (min wage increase), and to have to fund paid sick leave on top of this WILL create a financial hardship. 

It is my recommendation that part-time employees be exempted from this requirement and reserve paid sick leave as a full-time benefit.