- Employers with 100 or more employees must provide one hour of paid leave for every 37 hours worked, up to a maximum of 7 days of paid leave per calendar year;
- Employers with 25 to 99 employees must provide one hour of paid leave for every 43 hours worked, up to a maximum of 5 days of paid leave per calendar year;
- Employers with less than 25 employees must provide one hour of paid leave for every 87 hours worked, up to a maximum of 3 days of paid leave per calendar year;
- In order to be eligible for paid sick and safe leave, an employee must have worked for the employer for one year, working at least 1,000 hours during that year;
- Restaurant wait staff and bartenders who work for a combination of pay and tips are not considered eligible employees;
- Employees begin to accrue paid leave on the date that the employee becomes eligible under the Act;
- Leave may be used for the employee’s physical or mental illness or injury, the employee’s medical or preventative care, or to obtain social or legal services related to domestic violence or sexual abuse of the employee;
- Leave may also be used to do any of these things for a family member of the employee;
- “Family member” is broadly defined, including foster children, grandchildren, siblings’ spouses, etc.;
- Employees must request to use their leave in writing, with at least 10 days advance notice, unless the leave is unforeseeable or due to an emergency