Parameters of Paid Sick Leave Use

There are important points regarding how PSL can be used:

• Employees cannot start using accrued sick days until the 90th day of employment; after that the employee can use sick days as accrued.
• Employers can limit the amount of PSL an employee can use to five days or 40 hours per year of employment, calendar year, or 12-month period. This limitation applies even when an employee, under the default accrual method, could have accrued ten days or 80 hours of PSL (or even more if the employer did not put a cap on accrual).
• PSL must be provided upon an employee’s oral or written request. If the need for PSL is