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California Expands Paid Sick Leave in 2024

PayrollOrg

Effective January 1, 2024, employees in California will be entitled to additional paid sick leave.

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California Expands Paid Sick Leave to Five Days Per Year

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On October 4, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 616 into law, officially expanding the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, California’s paid sick leave law.

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Paid Sick Leave Laws by State: The Chart, Map, & Accrual Info You Need

Patriot Software

Typically, employers get to choose whether they want to offer types of paid time off, like sick leave, to employees. Little by little, paid sick leave laws by state are on the rise. If your employees work in a state with mandatory sick […] READ MORE.

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COVID Paid Sick Leave May Be Coming Back

InterWest Insurance Services

Legislators in Sacramento have fast-tracked new legislation that will extend paid COVID-19 leave benefits for workers in California. 1 would qualify for paid leave. If the employee refuses to get tested or disclose test results, the employer could deny the additional paid sick leave, under the proposal.

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New Law Expands Paid Sick Leave for California Workers

InterWest Insurance Services

Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that will increase the amount of paid sick leave days California workers are eligible for. The law, SB 616, will expand the minimum number of paid sick leave days that employers are required to provide to five days (40 hours) from the current three, or 24 hours.

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California to Renew COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for 2022

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On January 25, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that his office and state lawmakers had reached an agreement to reimplement a version of California’s COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave through September 30, 2022.

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One of a Kind: Maine’s Paid Sick Leave Law

Patriot Software

With paid sick leave programs on the rise, more and more states are establishing new laws for employers. The Maine paid sick leave law boasts something that no other state can: paid leave for any reason. One state that has taken its law to the next level is Maine.