Update: On Thursday, District 8 Council Member Ellen Troxclair announced she opposed a paid sick leave policy and urged for a postponement of Thursday's vote.  Austin City Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on a proposed paid sick leave policy. District 4 Council Member Greg Casar spearheaded the nearly yearlong process, including what he called a "very thorough" stakeholder process. Casar introduced a draft Jan. 19, along with co-sponsors Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and council members Delia Garza and Ann Kitchen, requiring private employers in Austin to provide at least eight days of paid sick leave to full-time employees annually. On Monday, District 6 Council Member Jimmy Flannigan proposed an alternate proposal, which would establish tiers of sick day accrual according to the size of the business. Businesses with five or fewer employees would be able to offer unpaid sick leave and be in compliance with Flannigan’s proposal, if it is passed in place of Casar's. Community Impact Newspaper spoke to a variety of stakeholders—including business owners, a policy advocate and an employee—on both sides of the issue. Their stories are below.