Title: Requires Employers to Give Sick Time to Their Employees
Vote to pass a bill that requires employers to give sick time off to their employees.
Defines "earned sick and safe time" as leave, including paid time off and other paid leave systems, that is paid at the same hourly rate as an employee earns from employment that may be used for the same purposes and under the same conditions as provided (Sec. 2-4).
Establishes an employee returning from a leave of absence is entitled to return to employment in the employee's former position or a position of comparable duties, number of hours, and pay. An employee returning from a leave of absence longer than one month must notify a supervisor at least two weeks before return from leave (Sec. 1.a).
Specifies if the employer experiences a layoff and the employee would have lost a position had the employee not been on leave, according to the good-faith operation of a bona fide layoff and recall system, including a system under a collective bargaining agreement, the employee is not entitled to reinstatement in the former or comparable position (Sec. 1.b).
Specifies if the need for use is foreseeable, an employer may require advance notice of the intention to use earned sick and safe time but must not require more than seven days advance notice. If the need is unforeseeable, an employer may require an employee to give notice of the need for earned sick and safe time as soon as practicable (Sec. 4-2).
Authorizes an employer to opt to satisfy the requirements for construction industry employees by doing the following (Sec. 5.d):
Paying at least the prevailing wage rate as calculated by the Department of Labor and Industry; or
Paying at least the required rate established in a registered apprenticeship agreement for apprentices registered with the Department of Labor and Industry.
Requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to issue an order requiring an employer to comply if the violation is repeated. A violation is repeated if at any time during the two years that preceded the date of violation, the commissioner issued an order to the employer for violation and the order is final or the commissioner and the employer have entered into a settlement agreement that required the employer to pay back wages (Article 2, Sec. 2).
Specifies if an employer is found by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to have violated a section of this law and the commissioner issues an order to comply, the commissioner will order the employer to desist from engaging in the violative practice and to take such affirmative steps that in the judgment of the commissioner will effectuate the purposes of the section or rule violated (Article 2, Sec. 3).
Authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to make grants to community organizations for outreach to and education for employees regarding their rights. The community-based organizations must be selected based on their experience, capacity, and relationships in high-violation industries. The work under such a grant may include the creation and administration of a statewide worker hotline (Article 2, Sec. 4-4).
Establishes it is the responsibility of all employers to not enter into any contract or agreement for labor or services where the employer has any actual knowledge or knowledge arising from familiarity with the normal facts and circumstances of the business activity engaged in or has any additional facts or information that, taken together, would make a reasonably prudent person undertake to inquire whether, taken together, the contractor is not complying or has failed to comply (Article 2, Sec. 4-6).
Title: Requires Employers to Give Sick Time to Their Employees