AZ HB2788

Requires covered employers (state, school districts, and charter schools) to provide eligible employees with additional paid sick leave for COVID-19-related absences including quarantine orders, medical advice to self-quarantine, symptom treatment, caring for affected individuals, or child care closures.

Full-time employees receive up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for quarantine, self-quarantine, or symptom-related absences; part-time employees receive average hours worked over a two-week period for these same absences.

Full-time employees receive up to 12 weeks of paid sick leave (40 hours per week) for child care closures if employed for at least 30 calendar days; part-time employees receive average hours worked over a 12-week period.

Pay rates for absences due to quarantine or symptom treatment are the employee's regular rate or applicable minimum wage (whichever is higher), capped at $511 per day and $5,110 per two-week period.

Pay rates for caring for affected individuals or child care absences are two-thirds of regular rate or minimum wage (whichever is higher), capped at $200 per day and $2,000-$12,000 depending on employment duration and absence type.