Updated on April 3, 2017 at 7:08 AMPosted on April 3, 2017 at 6:30 AM
BY STAR-LEDGER EDITORIAL BOARD
eletters@starledger.com
Sick pay is for when you’re sick. If you’re not sick, and you don’t use it, you lose it.
This is the simple policy fix to one of New Jersey’s most maddening problems. Yet, again and again, we have failed to write it into law.
There is no justifiable reason. Sick pay is supposed to protect you from losing income when you’re ill – not amount to a kingly entitlement bonus. You don’t deserve a six-figure payout just for being healthy.
