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Issues

• Who is covered? Note: City/county paid sick time laws cannot cover state government workers, and city, county, and state paid sick time laws cannot cover federal government workers.
• Can sick time be used to care for loved ones?
• How is “child” defined?
• Can sick time be used for specific “safe time” purposes (related to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking)?
  
  
• Can sick time be used under the law to bond with a new child and/or deal with a family member’s death?
  
  Note: It is possible that other laws, such as the Family and Medical Leave Act or a state equivalent, could provide eligible workers with unpaid leave for these purposes.
  
• Can sick time be used when a worker’s place of work or child’s school/place of care is closed by public health officials for a public health emergency?
• Rate at which workers earn paid sick time?
• Do workers have different sick time-related rights based on the size of their employer? If so, based on what employer-size threshold(s)?
• Amount of paid sick time that can be earned under the law per year? (Note: All of these paid sick time laws make it clear that these laws establish a minimum requirement, and employers can provide greater or more generous paid sick time benefits to their workers.)
• When do workers begin to earn paid sick time?
• Does unused sick time carry forward to the subsequent year?
• Private Right of Action to go to Court?
• Are there waivers/ exemptions for workers covered by a valid Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)?
  
  
• What Agency or Official Enforces the Law?
• For the statewide paid sick time laws: can cities in the state pass paid sick time laws that are broader than the state law?
• Statutory Citation(s)
• Additional Notes
• All the above