CA AB2017

Amends Labor Code Section 233 to clarify that employees have sole discretion in designating when sick leave is used for family member care under specified reasons.

Requires employers who provide sick leave to permit employees to use accrued sick leave for attending to a family member's illness, with a minimum amount equal to six months of accrual.

Prohibits employers from denying sick leave use, discharging, threatening, demoting, suspending, or discriminating against employees for using sick leave for family member care or other specified reasons.

Provides remedies of reinstatement, actual damages or one day's pay (whichever is greater), and equitable relief for violations, enforceable through the Labor Commissioner or civil court action.

Approved by Governor and filed with Secretary of State on September 28, 2020.