HI SB425

Requires employers to provide a minimum of one hour of paid sick leave for every forty hours worked, with a maximum accrual of forty hours per calendar year unless employer provides higher limit.

Employees working more than 680 hours annually become eligible to use accrued paid sick leave after 750 hours of employment, and may use leave for their own health needs, family member care, or public health emergencies.

Paid sick leave may be used for mental or physical illness, medical diagnosis and treatment, preventive care, and closure of workplace or childcare due to public health emergency or communicable disease exposure.

Employers with fewer than five employees, those paying above minimum wage, or those with more generous paid leave policies are exempt from the requirement.

Effective date of July 1, 2050, with an exception allowing collective bargaining agreements in effect on July 1, 2017 to be governed by their termination, renewal, or amendment dates.