HB 4 Summary

• Establishes a requirement for certain employers to provide employees with a minimum of one hour of paid sick leave for every forty hours worked, capped at forty hours per calendar year.

• Allows employees to use accrued paid sick leave for their own mental or physical illness, medical care, preventive care, and to care for family members with similar needs.

• Permits use of paid sick leave when an employee's workplace closes due to public health emergency or when an employee needs to care for a child whose school closes due to public health emergency.

• Applies to employees working more than 680 hours per year and does not apply to employers with fewer than a specified number of employees, those paying above minimum wage, or those with more generous existing paid leave policies.

• Takes effect January 7, 2059, except for employees covered by collective bargaining agreements, which will be subject to the law upon termination, renewal, or amendment of their agreement.