HI HB1202

Creates a new chapter requiring private employers to provide employees with a minimum of one hour of paid sick leave for every thirty hours worked, capped at forty hours per calendar year unless the employer provides a higher limit.

Employees become eligible to use accrued paid sick leave after ninety calendar days of employment and may use leave for illness, medical care, preventive care, or absences due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, harassment, or business closure during public health emergencies.

During a declared public health emergency, employers must supplement employees' accrued paid sick leave to ensure forty hours of paid sick leave is available in that calendar year for emergency-related absences, usable for up to four weeks after the emergency ends.

Employers must notify employees in English and in languages spoken by at least five percent of the workforce about their paid sick leave rights, maintain records for five years, and face civil fines up to $100 for willful notice violations.

Establishes enforcement through civil actions brought by employees, the director of labor, or labor organizations, with remedies including full paid sick leave owed, actual damages, attorney's fees, and equitable relief; provides a three-year statute of limitations and allows class actions.