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IN HB1388

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/16/2018

Primary Sponsor

Linda Lawson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

HB 1388 Summary

  • Requires employers in Indiana to provide paid sick leave accruing at a rate of 1 hour for every 30 hours worked, with a maximum of 40 hours per calendar year, effective January 1, 2019.

  • Employees may begin using accrued paid sick leave after 91 calendar days of employment and cannot use leave accrued during the same pay period in which it accrues.

  • Permits paid sick leave use for employee illness/injury, family member care, school closures due to public health emergencies, business closures, domestic or family violence, school health/disability meetings, and quarantine compliance.

  • Exempts federal government, railroads, state entities, state educational institutions, and municipal corporations; employers providing equivalent paid time off need not provide additional leave.

  • Grants the Commissioner of Labor enforcement authority, requires conspicuous workplace notices of employee rights, and prohibits employer retaliation or interference with employees exercising paid sick leave rights.

Legislative Description

Paid sick leave. Provides that certain employers shall provide paid sick leave to employees of one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours of employment, up to a maximum of 40 hours of paid sick leave a year. Provides that the commissioner of labor shall enforce paid sick leave for employees and shall adopt rules to implement paid sick leave.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions

1/16/2018

Committee Referrals

Employment, Labor and Pensions1/16/2018

Full Bill Text

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