California Passes New COVID Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for 2022
California has a new COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave, applicable to employers with 26 or more employees.
Under the new supplemental paid leave act, employees are entitled to take up to 40 hours paid leave related to COVID-19:
- to quarantine as required by any applicable federal, state or local order, or upon the advice of a health care professional;
- to care for themselves or family members (a spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, or sibling) related to COVID;
- to care for a child whose school or daycare closed or unavailable due to COVID related reasons; or
- to obtain and/or recover from a vaccine/booster (employers can limit vaccine related time off to 3 days or 24 hours).
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