L.A. Gets Sick—Paid Sick Leave Coming as Soon as July 1, 2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Los Angeles City Council has voted and the Mayor has signed the ordinance.  As of July 1, 2016, many employees within the City of Los Angeles will be entitled to accrue 48 hours of paid sick leave per year. The ordinance has a number of unusual and specific provisions that employers need to be aware of, described in detail below.  Link to the Ordinance here.

 

Not content with California paid sick leave law (discussed here, here and here), several California municipalities have piled on. Their local ordinances require employers with employees working within their geographical boundaries to provide paid sick leave over and above what California law requires (California Labor Code Sections 245-249). The City of Angels is now poised to put a peculiar L.A. spin on paid sick time. The state paid sick leave law does not supersede local ordinances, and employers must comply with both the state and the local laws, whichever is more favorable to employees.

 

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