Paid Sick Leave Related Resources

Forms

• California and Local Paid Sick Leave Comparison
• Local Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave and Other Employment Ordinances
• Paid Sick Leave Checklist

Tools

• How To: Implement Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Sick Leave Quiz

Q&As

• If my employees work an alternative workweek of four 10-hour shifts, how much paid sick leave must I allow my employees to use each year?
• Can we choose not to limit the use of paid sick leave during an employee’s first 90 days of employment?
• May we deduct from an exempt employee's salary when they have no paid time off accrued and take off a partial day for illness or vacation?
• Will all employees earn the full amount of paid sick leave each year no matter how many or how few hours they work?
• Must I allow an employee to use sick time when their children are sick?
• When an existing employee changes jobs or classifications within a company, can we impose the paid sick leave waiting period?
• How does kin care relate to the mandatory sick leave law?
• Do I have to grant an employee time off to care for a neighbor?
• Can I let an employee who is out of vacation time use sick leave to take time off for a trip?
• Do I have to pay an employee who is leaving for unused sick and/or vacation time?
• Must I pay overtime on hours an employee is paid for time off such as vacations, holidays and sick time?
• How do I pay sick leave under California’s paid sick leave law when an employee has more than one rate of pay?
• Can I provide more paid sick leave to some employees and not others?
• What is a PTO policy?
• If we have a PTO policy, do we have to track mandatory paid sick leave time separately from other reasons for time off?
• Am I required to limit the use of an employee’s paid sick leave under California's paid sick leave law?
• Am I required to provide sick leave for employees?
• If my employee used all their sick leave but still calls out sick and returns with a doctor’s note, can I discipline them for missing too much work?

News

• An In-Depth Look at California’s Expanded Paid Sick Leave

  January 11, 2024