04/24/2017
Are you in compliance with California's Paid Sick Leave Law?
Employers are required to provide paid sick leave to workers in California under the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (HWHFA), which became effective on July 1, 2015.
California's paid sick leave law includes the following basic requirements:
Covered employees must work in California for 30 or more days in a 12-month period for the same employer, regardless of whether they are full-time, part-time, temporary or seasonal workers.
Covered employees must accrue at least one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked, and alternative accrual methods are acceptable as long as they comply with the law.
An employer may limit the amount of paid sick leave an employee can use in one year to 24 hours or three days.
An employer must allow accrued unused paid sick leave to be carried over to the next year, but the employer may implement a carryover cap of no less than 48 hours or six days.
