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Table 2 Employer Provision of Paid Sick Time (PST), 2012 and 2013

From: Local mandate improves equity of paid sick leave coverage: Seattle’s experience

 

Provide PST to any employee (%)

N

Have full-time employees and provide PST to full-time employees (%)

N

Have part-time employees and provide PST to part-time employees (%)

 

N

Baseline (2012)

1 year (2013)

 

Baseline (2012)

1 year (2013)

 

Baseline (2012)

1 year (2013)

 

All employers

315

79.5

90.6

***

268

80.8

93.9

***

163

47.1

66.7

+++

Size

 5-49FTE

230

75.2

89.4

***

198

77.5

93.4

+++

121

39.0

59.0

++

 50 + FTE

85

89.3

93.5

 

70

88.7

95.1

 

42

65.9

84.3

++

Industry

 Hospitality

40

27.5

85.0

***

35

28.6

85.7

***

33

3.0

69.7

***

 Retail Trade

50

78.0

88.0

 

41

82.9

95.1

 

27

44.4

70.4

*

 Health

58

93.1

93.1

 

49

93.9

98.0

 

46

65.6

71.7

 

 Other

167

86.0

91.6

*

143

86.9

94.7

**

57

57.8

64.4

 
  1. SOURCE: Authors’ analysis of data from Survey of Seattle Employers (see text). Employers with employees covered by collective bargaining agreements (N = 30) not included, as bargaining units could waive PST mandate
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001 for adjusted Wald Test of weighted pre-post difference; ++ p < .01, +++ p < .001 for F Test for unweighted pre-post difference (used when weighted subgroup results in stratum with single sampling unit)