HB3665 - Healthy Workplace Act

• Requires employers to provide employees up to 7 paid sick days per 12-month period, accruing at a rate of 1 hour per 30 hours worked.

• Permits paid sick days to be used for employee's own physical or mental illness, injury, medical condition, medical care, or to care for a family member with similar needs or to attend medical appointments.

• Prohibits employers from using sick day usage as a negative factor in hiring, termination, evaluation, promotion, or disciplinary actions, and prohibits counting paid sick days under no-fault attendance policies.

• Allows employers to require medical certification for absences exceeding 3 consecutive workdays and requires employers to maintain health insurance coverage during paid sick leave.

• Establishes Department of Labor enforcement authority, permits employees to file complaints within 1 year of violation, and subjects violating employers to civil liability including actual damages, compensatory and punitive damages, attorney's fees, and civil penalties up to $2,500 per violation.