{"id":"MET-PIT-055","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"PIT","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Council of the City of Pittsburgh (approved by the Mayor); Ordinance 23 of 2021, File 2021-1721","authority":"Home Rule Charter; Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act, Pittsburgh Code ch. 626","instrument":"Ordinance 23 of 2021 adding Chapter 626B, Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave","title":"An Ordinance providing for special conditions for the operation and use of Paid Sick Leave under the Paid Sick Days Act during and due to the crisis presented by COVID-19 through inclusion in the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances of Chapter 626B: Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave","dateIssued":"2021-07-27","effective":"2021-07-27 (sec. 4: effective immediately after approval; sec. 1.O: fully enforceable without delay or grace period)","end":"365 days from the effective date (sec. 2), about July 27, 2022","startDate":"2021-07-27","endDate":"2022-07-27","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["employers with 50 or more employees in the City of Pittsburgh","all employers subject to Chapter 626 (accrual option revoked for COVID-19 uses)","employees"],"clause":"B. The option of Employers to withhold Sick Time on an accrual basis is hereby temporarily revoked if an Employee\u0027s otherwise permissible Sick Time use request arises directly from COVID-19, including any of its variants.... C. Employers with 50 or more Employees shall provide COVID-19 Sick Time to Employees in the following amount: a. For Employees who work 40 hours or more per week, COVID-19 Sick Time shall be provided in the amount of 80 hours... D. COVID-19 Sick Time shall be provided to Employees immediately without any waiting period or accrual requirements, once they have been employed by the Employer for the previous ninety (90) days.... Section 2. The provisions of this Chapter shall be construed as temporary and will expire (365) three hundred and sixty-five days from the effective date of this Ordinance.... Section 4: Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect immediately after approval.","enforcement":"Pittsburgh Code 626.09 in its entirety without grace period (sec. 1.O).","functions":["WF (80 hours COVID-19 leave; exclusion and quarantine determinations; care of family members)","HR","OP payroll"],"notes":"Q3 2021 instrument enacted because Chapter 626A had expired with the Commonwealth\u0027s disaster declaration; recitals cite the Delta variant\u0027s rise in Allegheny County and one in three county residents unvaccinated.","sourceUrl":"https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/pittsburgh/Matters/26587/Texts/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":94147,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PIT","url":"/library/MET-PIT-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PIT-055","citation":"Council of the City of Pittsburgh (approved by the Mayor); Ordinance 23 of 2021, File 2021-1721, Ordinance 23 of 2021 adding Chapter 626B, Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave (July 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-055)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":[]}