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Assembly Bill 1867 (Chapter 45, Statutes of 2020)

COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (Labor Code §§ 248, 248.1): food-sector leave codified; leave for covered workers of employers with 500 or more employees and of health care and emergency-responder employers exempted from FFCRA

California Legislature; approved by Governor Newsom · California; Legislature (enforced by the Labor Commissioner, Department of Industrial Relations) (State)

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Jurisdiction
California; Legislature (enforced by the Labor Commissioner, Department of Industrial Relations) · California
Level
State
Authority
Stats. 2020, ch. 45 (AB 1867)
Issued
2020-09-09 Sept. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-09-09 (immediately, appropriations bill); § 248.1 leave to be provided not later than ten days after enactment (Sept. 19, 2020); § 248 applies retroactively to April 16, 2020 (read as 2020-09-09)
End
2020-12-31 (or the expiration of any federal extension of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Sept. 9, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • hiring entities with 500 or more employees in the United States
  • food sector workers
  • employers of health care providers and emergency responders that excluded them from FFCRA leave
Functions reached
  • WF workforce availability
  • HR leave administration and posting
  • OP payroll
  • CB (large employers' operations in every industry)
Collection
State labor and workplace-safety agencies AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE

Operative words

This bill would establish COVID-19 food sector supplemental paid sick leave for food sector workers... The bill would require a hiring entity to provide a number of hours of COVID-19 food sector supplemental paid sick leave, determined as prescribed, to each food sector worker who performs work for or through the hiring entity if that food sector worker is unable to work due to any of specified reasons relating to COVID-19.... [§ 248.1 leave] applies retroactively to April 16, 2020, and shall expire on December 31, 2020 or upon the expiration of any federal extension of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act.

Enforcement

Labor Commissioner enforcement under Labor Code § 248.5 (citations, penalties under Labor Code §§ 246.5, 247, 248.5); posting requirement

Notes

Reached every California employer with 500 or more employees nationally in every industry, plus food-sector hiring entities, for 2020 Q3-Q4; SB 95 (Ex. CA-061) re-imposed supplemental paid sick leave for employers of more than 25 from Mar. 29 through Sept. 30, 2021.

Retrieval note

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