HB5165 Summary

• Amends the Employee Sick Leave Act to allow employees to use personal sick leave benefits for personal care of parents, mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, grandparents, and stepparents.

• Expands the definition of "personal sick leave benefits" to include time off for caring for these family members, in addition to the employee's own illness, injury, or medical appointments.

• Permits employees to use sick leave for caring for a parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, or stepparent on the same terms as using leave for their own health needs.

• Allows employers to limit such leave usage to no less than the amount earned in 6 months at the employee's current rate, or half of the maximum annual grant for employers using years-of-service-based accrual.

• Does not require employers to modify existing sick leave policies that already provide these or greater benefits.