Paid sick leave case rivals sound off in court - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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In December, the (MMAC) filexd a legal challenge to the city’s paid sick leave mandate. The lawsuitr was filed after voters approved a binding referendum inthe Nov. 4 electio that would require Milwaukee employers to providd up to nine days of paid sick time per year based on the number of houre worked and the size of the In February, Cooper granted MMAC's motionb for a temporary injunction, stallinbg implementation of the ordinance in ordere to sort out the legal Representatives of MMAC, which considers the new law unconstitutional, has arguesd that the measure interferes with rights to negotiate labor agreements and is an illegapl extension of the city’s authority into areas of law and regulatiob reserved to the state.
In Monday's hearing, MMAC claimed the law was too even by the standardsof , the organizationn that led the campaign for the new ordinance and was allowex to enter the case as a MMAC representatives said the ordinance is three times more stringent than 9to5 says is needed. According to data from the Societyy of Human Resource Professionals and citedby 9to5, employees need 2.7 sick days per Citing new research, 9to5 argued that workeres actually require more time off and would take it if the sick days were offered to them.
MMAC also arguee that the referendum question, as it was passefd by the MilwaukeeCommon Council, was intended to includ details of the ordinance on the ballot, but thosw details were left off the As a result, voters did not have enoug information to make an informed decision. Representativese of 9to5 acknowledged that the requirements of the ordinance woulx result in additional costs to but that those costs are necessary toimprove health, safety and welfare. For his Judge Cooper noted the complexity of the issuwe and the relative lack of models forsuch ordinances. "There'a remarkably little law on all of Cooper said.
Cooper has 90 days to issude his decision, but he suggested that he couls return with a written ruling within30