As most employers in California already know, the Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 allows employees to take up to 3 days of paid sick leave each year, beginning July 1, 2015. Although employees can’t begin using paid sick leave until July, the notice and posting provisions of the law are effective January 1, 2015 and the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) has issued a new poster summarizing employee’s rights under the new law, along with an updated “Notice to Employee” required under Labor Code section 2810.5. The poster and the notice are available on the DLSE’s website. The poster must be displayed in the workplace by January 1, 2015 and employers must provide the revised notice to employees hired after January 1, 2015.
Under the new law, an employee who works in California for 30 or more days within a year from the commencement of employment is entitled to paid sick days, accrued at a rate of 1 hour for every 30 hours worked. Accrual begins on the first day of employment or on July 1, 2015, whichever is later.
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Thanks for the helpful reminder! Keeping up with the poster and notice requirements seems like a Sisyphean task sometimes.