If Brandon Johnson wants a better understanding of why Chicago businesses are chafing at the most onerous paid-time-off requirements in the nation, he need do no more than walk across to the Cook County side of City Hall and ask his political mentor, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
The County Board late last year acted to strengthen a separate state law - which took effect Jan. 1 - requiring a minimum 40 hours of paid time off for any reason for full-time workers in Illinois.
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