Legal Update: If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 111: California State Legislature Passes Amendments to Statewide Paid Sick Leave Law

What You Need to Know: In what promises to be a tectonic shift in California’s paid sick leave landscape, on September 13, 2023 the California legislature passed SB 616, which is expected to expand the State’s existing paid sick leave mandate, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014in significant ways. The proposed amendment increases the annual amount of California paid sick leave from three days or 24 hours, to five days or 40 hours for eligible employees. The increase to five days or 40 hours impacts several substantive topics, including the amount of available paid sick leave eligible employees…