ISME: Burton must drop 'absurd' mandatory sick pay

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, has called on Minister Joan Burton to drop her "absurd" proposal to transfer responsibility for paying sick pay in the first month of illness from the Department of Social Protection to individual employers.

ISME said that the proposed move demonstrates "a bookkeeping rather than economic approach, a profound ignorance of human nature and a lack of understanding of the SME sector".