LINCOLN- On Wednesday, Jill Heggen, spokeswoman for an initiative to put required paid sick leave on Nebraska's November ballot, said organizers are in the process of verifying signature numbers and making sure everything is in order before submitting the information collected to the Secretary of State. According to Heggen, organizers expect to turn in signatures in June, well ahead of the July 3rd deadline.

The proposal seeks to ensure paid sick leave for all Nebraska workers. If approved, the measure would require employers with fewer than 20 workers to offer at least five days of paid sick leave per year, or one hour for every 30 hours worked. Employers with more than 20 workers would have to offer at least seven days per year.

Heggen said that it was not a difficult endeavor to gather an adequate number of signatures, since almost everyone has experienced the need to take time off work because of an illness. "It's been a fairly straightforward, commonsense issue," she said. The petition must collect valid signatures from at least 7% of registered voters statewide, around 86,300 people.

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