The bill goes into effect on October 1, 2016. Household employers will be required to give a minimum of one paid hour of time off for every 30 hours worked up to 32 hours of paid leave per year. (2) Obviously record keeping will be a key to accurate administration of the paid sick leave. The bill won’t change anything for full time employees that are already receiving at least 56 hours of paid leave of any kind. Therefore, household employers who offer 7 or more flexible paid days off would be relieved of the sick leave record keeping.
Earlier this year, President Obama addressed paid sick and family leave in his State of the Union address, and the development of this law takes a step in this direction, with the goal that other state lawmakers will follow suit with similar mandates as well. So far, there are a couple of localities in California and Oregon as well as the District of Columbia that have outlined similar paid sick leave measures.
Are you a household employer that has fewer than 5 employees? Not sure how these types of paid sick leave laws will affect you? Contact us for more information on what this means for you and your specific situation.