SB2853 Summary

• Amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act to prohibit local governments and home rule units from exempting employees from paid leave ordinances unless they are excluded from the Act's definition of "employee"

• Limits home rule powers by requiring local paid leave ordinances enacted or amended after the effective date to comply with state minimum standards or provide equal or greater benefits than the state Act

• Preserves existing municipal or county ordinances requiring paid leave that are in effect on the effective date, but subjects employers not previously required to provide paid leave to the state law if they fall under the Act's requirements

• Maintains exemptions for construction industry employees covered by collective bargaining agreements and employees of national delivery/transportation companies with collective bargaining agreements