CA AB1522

Enacts the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, requiring employers to provide employees with paid sick days accruing at a rate of at least one hour per 30 hours worked, effective July 1, 2015.

Employees working 30 or more days in a year are entitled to use accrued paid sick days beginning on the 90th day of employment for diagnosis, care, treatment, preventive care, and purposes related to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

Employers may limit employee use of paid sick days to 24 hours or 3 days per year of employment, and are not required to pay out unused days upon separation unless the employee is rehired within one year.

Prohibits employers from discriminating against or retaliating against employees who request or use paid sick days, with a rebuttable presumption of unlawful retaliation if adverse action occurs within 30 days of a complaint or investigation.

Authorizes the Labor Commissioner to enforce provisions through investigation and hearing, with administrative penalties up to $4,000 and allows the Labor Commissioner or Attorney General to pursue civil actions with penalties, attorney's fees, and interest.