Medfield's Electric Time Featured in Wall Street Journal

Medfield's Thomas Erb, like many other small-business owners, is not in favor of the government's attempt to impose more requirements and laws that will provide employees with added time-off benefits, i.e. more sick days. 

Erb's stance on the issue, along with his local business, on West Street, was featured in Thursday's edition of the Wall Street Journal.

Sarah E. Needleman's story, "Sick Time Rules Re-Emerge," examines the debate over paid sick leave and its impact on small businesses. She asked Erb how additional time-off benefits would affect Electric Time.

"We have one person per job here," Erb told Needleman of his 30-employee clock-making firm. "If someone starts to abuse the sick [leave], the organization doesn't function."

To read Needleman's article in the WSJ on the impact added time-off benefits might have on small-businesses, click here.

Electric Time has been producing tower clocks and street clocks since 1928. Those clocks can be found all around the country and all around the world. Check out Medfield Patch contributor Theresa Knapp's piece on this world-famous business at 97 West St. by clicking here.