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IN HB1442
Bill
Status
1/17/2017
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
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Employers with more than 9 employees must provide paid sick and safe leave; employers with 9 or fewer employees must provide unpaid leave, accruing at 1 hour per 30 hours worked.
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Employees may use leave for illness, preventative care, family care, school/childcare closures due to public health emergencies, employer business closures due to public health emergencies, communicable disease exposure, and domestic or family violence purposes.
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Employees cannot earn more than 56 hours of leave annually or use more than 80 hours annually, and cannot use leave during the first 3 months of employment; unused leave may carry over up to 56 hours into the next year.
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Employers cannot require employees to find replacements, disclose health details, provide HIPAA-violating certification, or take leave in increments exceeding 1 hour; employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees exercising leave rights.
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The commissioner of labor enforces the law; employees may file complaints or bring civil actions for violations within 2 years, with potential awards including unpaid leave value, damages up to 3 times actual damages, attorney fees, and reinstatement; law becomes effective January 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Paid sick and safe leave. Provides that certain employers shall provide paid sick and safe leave to employees, accrued at the rate of one hour of paid sick and safe leave for every 30 hours of employment. Establishes conditions to entitlement to sick and safe leave. Requires the commissioner of labor to enforce paid sick and safe leave for employees.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/17/2017