In a new Quinnipiac University poll, by a 69%-27% margin Ohioans back a ballot proposal that will require companies with 25 or more employees to offer seven paid sick days a year. That’s about the same as it was in June –71%-24%.
While nearly six out of ten voters (59%-32%) say too much government regulation has hurt Ohio's economy, 58% of voters say passage of the sick leave law won't cause companies to leave Ohio. 32% say it will.
In a new Quinnipiac University poll, by a 69%-27% margin Ohioans back a ballot proposal that will require companies with 25 or more employees to offer seven paid sick days a year. That’s about the same as it was in June –71%-24%.
While nearly six out of ten voters (59%-32%) say too much government regulation has hurt Ohio's economy, 58% of voters say passage of the sick leave law won't cause companies to leave Ohio. 32% say it will.
"If the business community is going to stop this proposal from becoming law, it had better get moving because it is going to have to change public opinion," said Peter Brown, the Assistant Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
