For part-time employees working a variable schedule, the amount of leave isĬalculated by determining the average number of hours the employee worked per day over the preceding six months and multiplying that number by 14. Speaking, a full-time employee is one who worked, or was scheduled to work, at least 40 hours per week in the two weeks preceding their leave.įor part-time employees with a normal work schedule, the amount of leave is equal to the total number of hours the employee typically works over two weeks. During the law's effective period (Januthrough September 30, 2021), full-time employees receive 80 hours of leave. The amount of leave allotted under the 2021 law is the same as under its 2020 predecessor. Unlike its 2020 predecessor, the new law allows employees to use leave to care for family members (defined to include a child, grandchild, grandparent, The new law covers all employees for employers who meet the 26+ employee quota. By contrast, its 2020 predecessor was limited to employers with The new law applies to private employers with 26 or more employees and to certain public entity employers not covered under the 2020 supplemental paid sick leave law. The law remains effective through September SB 95 goes into effect March 29, and applies retroactively to January 1, 2021, meaning employers may designate COVID-19-related leave already taken this year as supplemental paid sick leave. In some ways, the new law augments its 2020 predecessor, expanding coverage to smaller employers and providing additional qualifying reasons for leave. In addition to paid time off benefits that employees receive by law or policy. The law creates a statutory right to paid sick leave for covered employees, On March 19, Governor Newsom signed SB 95, reviving the mandate that California employers provide supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19-related absences. To smaller employers and providing additional qualifying reasons for leave.

In some ways, the new law augments its 2020 predecessor, expanding coverage The law creates a statutory right to paid sick leave for covered employees, in addition to paid time off benefits that employees receive by law or policy. Private employers in California with 26 or more employees, and certain public entity employers not covered under the 2020 supplemental paid sick leave law.

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