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The State of California has renewed employee entitlements to supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19 related reasons. The supplemental paid sick leave entitlements for 2020 expired three months ago. California Labor Code section 248.1. The latest requirements, which are codified in California Labor Code sections 248.2 and 248.3, became effective March 29, 2021 and apply retroactively to January 1, 2021. We identify important features of the renewed measures for 2021 and compare them to the entitlements of 2020 below.
2021 California Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
Covered Employers
Employers with 500 or more employees (in response to the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act which only applied to employers with less than 500 employees)
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In a prior article, we explained Senate Bill 95, which requires
employers with more than 25 employees in California to provide
COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick leave. You can read
it here. SB 95 creates California Labor
Code Sections 248.2 and 248.3. It goes into effect on March
29, 2021, and
applies
retroactively to January 1, 2021. This new
COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law allows covered employees
to take up to an
additional 80
hours of paid COVID-19 related sick leave.
The Labor Commissioner recently posted a frequently asked questions list
addressing SB 95. It also provided this poster, which all employers with 25 or more
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While the State of California and the federal government both let their respective laws requiring COVID-19 paid sick leave expire at the end of 2020, Los Angeles County belatedly passed.