Tag: Paid Sick Leave

CalChamber Explains New Laws for 2016

The California Chamber of Commerce is presenting handy summaries of new legislation taking effect in 2016 that will affect the day-to-day operations of California...

Caution: Cap Rules for Paid Sick Leave, Paid Time Off Differ

We want to implement a combined vacation and sick leave paid time off (PTO) policy to meet the paid sick leave mandate. An employee...

Sick Leave Waiting Periods May Not Be Imposed on Existing Employees

We recently changed a part-time employee to full time. Does she have to work 30 days in this new position before she is entitled...

Calculating Sick Leave for Employee with Multiple Rates of Pay

How do I pay for sick leave under California’s new law when an employee has more than one rate of pay? Do I pay...

Anti-Discrimination Section in Paid Sick Leave Law Can Affect Policies

My company has had a policy for years that requires employees to work the day before and the day after a holiday in order...

Paid Sick Leave Clean-Up Now in Effect

“Clean-up” amendments to the paid sick leave law went into effect on July 13. The changes were part of urgency legislation passed by the Legislature...

Rx for Paid Sick Leave: Amendments Effective Immediately

On July 13, 2015, the Legislature passed “clean-up” amendments to the paid sick leave law—the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. The Governor...

Employers Must Have Policy in Place to Cap Sick Leave Benefit at 3 Days

In the midst of much misinformation and confusion, July 1 marked the day California employers were required to begin providing paid sick leave benefits...

New Paid Sick Leave Law in Effect Today

​​(July 1, 2015) Today, California’s new mandatory sick leave policy goes into effect for all employers and all emplo​yees in California. In the latest CalChamber...

Paid Sick Leave Author Proposing Changes to Law

With less than a month to go before the paid sick leave law passed last year takes effect on July 1, urgency legislation is...