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Paid Sick Days To Be Provided To Nearly All California Employees
On the eve of the Labor Day Holiday, Governor Brown signed into law the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, which will require California employers to provide to nearly all employees - exempt and non-exempt - paid sick days effective July 1, 2015.
With limited exceptions, beginning July 1, 2015, every employee, whether exempt or non-exempt, who is employed in California for 30 days or more will be entitled to accrue paid sick leave at the employee's regular rate of pay of not less than one hour per every 30 hours worked commencing on the first day of employment or the effective date of the new law (July 1, 2015), whichever is later. Exempt employees are deemed to work 40 hours per week, unless the employee normally works a workweek of less than 40 hours. An employee shall be entitled to use accrued paid sick days beginning on the 90th day of employment, after which the employee may use paid sick days as they are accrued. However, an employer may limit an employee's use of accrued paid sick days to three days or 24 hours per year of employment. These are the basics. As with most things, the devil is in the details, and there are numerous details employers should be aware of and should prepare to comply with.
We have found a legal article that addresses a number of critical questions concering this new law. Please access the link provide below.
Furthermore, it is recommended that employers begin the process of reviewing their current paid sick leave policies in preparaton of the new law coming up in July, 2015. Reference the legal article (see link below) for addtiional guidance.