Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires an employer to offer paid sick leave to full-time employees.

Highlights:

• Requires an employer to provide paid sick and safe leave to a full-time employee for absences resulting from certain issues, including, but not limited to, a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition of the employee or his or her family member, and domestic violence (Sec. 4).

• Requires paid sick and safe leave to accrue at the following rates (Sec. 3):
• At least 1 hour of leave per 40 hours worked, for a “tier 1” or “tier 2” employee;
• At least 1 hour of leave per 30 hours worked, for a “tier 3” employee. 

• Authorizes an employee who has worked at least 180 days to use accrued sick and safe leave, beginning January 1 of the year following the effective date of this bill (Secs. 3 & 4).

• Classifies a place of employment according to the following tiers (Sec. 2):
• “Tier 1” employs at least 4 and fewer than 50 full-time employees;
• “Tier 2” employs at least 50 and fewer than 250 full-time employees; and
• “Tier 3” employs at least 250 full-time employees.

• Authorizes an employee to transfer the following amounts of unused sick and safe leave to the subsequent year (Sec. 3):
• 40 hours, for a tier 1 employee;
• 56 hours, for a tier 2 employee; and
• 72 hours, for a tier 3 employee.

• Specifies that an employer is not required to authorize the transfer of unused sick and safe leave to the subsequent year in excess of the established limits (Sec. 3).

• Requires an employer to reestablish previously accrued and unused sick and safe leave if an employee is rehired within 7 months of separation (Sec. 3).

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