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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5166
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 1125
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT EXPANDING PAID SICK DAYS IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 31-57r of the 2024 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective January 1, 2025): 3
As used in this section and sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as 4
amended by this act: 5
(1) "Child" means (A) a biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild 6
[,] or legal ward of [a service worker, or] an employee, (B) a child of [a 7
service worker] an employee standing in loco parentis, [who is (A) 8
under eighteen years of age; or (B) eighteen years of age or older and 9
incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability] or (C) 10
an individual to whom the employee stood in loco parentis when the 11
individual was a child; 12
[(2) "Day or temporary worker" means an individual who performs 13
work for another on (A) a per diem basis, or (B) an occasional or 14
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whether such individual is paid by the person for whom such work is 16
performed or by an employment agency or temporary help service, as 17
defined in section 31-129;] 18
[(3)] (2) "Employee" means an individual engaged in service to an 19
employer in the business of the employer. "Employee" does not include 20
an individual who is a member of a construction-related trade person 21
employee organization that is a party to a multiemployer health plan in 22
which more than one employer is required to contribute to such plan 23
and such plan is maintained pursuant to one or more collective 24
bargaining agreements between a construction-related trade person 25
employee organization or organizations and employers; 26
[(4)] (3) "Employer" means any person, firm, business, educational 27
institution, nonprofit agency, corporation, limited liability company or 28
other entity that (A) on and after January 1, 2025, employs [fifty or more 29
individuals in the state] twenty-five or more individuals in the state, (B) 30
on and after January 1, 2026, employs eleven or more individuals in the 31
state, and (C) on and after January 1, 2027, employs one or more 32
individuals in the state, which shall be determined based on such 33
person's, firm's, business', educational institution's, nonprofit agency's, 34
corporation's, limited liability company's or other entity's payroll for the 35
week containing October first, annually. "Employer" does not include: 36
[(A) Any business establishment classified in sector 31, 32 or 33 in the 37
North American Industrial Classification System, or (B) any nationally 38
chartered organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of 39
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding 40
internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time 41
amended, that provides all of the following services: Recreation, child 42
care and education;] (i) An employer that participates in a 43
multiemployer health plan in which more than one employer is required 44
to contribute to such plan and such plan is maintained pursuant to one 45
or more collective bargaining agreements between a construction-46
related trade person employee organization or organizations and 47
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(4) "Family member" means a spouse, sibling, child, grandparent, 49
grandchild or parent of an employee. "Family member" does not include 50
an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or cousin; 51
(5) "Family violence" has the same meaning as provided in section 52
46b-38a; 53
(6) "Grandchild" means a grandchild related to a person by blood, 54
marriage, adoption by a child of the grandparent or foster care by a child 55
of the grandparent; 56
(7) "Parent" means (A) a biological, foster or adoptive parent, 57
stepparent, parent-in-law or legal guardian of an employee or an 58
employee's spouse, (B) an individual standing in loco parentis to an 59
employee, or (C) an individual who stood in loco parentis to the 60
employee when the employee was a child; 61
[(6)] (8) "Mental health wellness day" means a day during which [a 62
service worker] an employee attends to such [service worker's] 63
employee's emotional and psychological well-being in lieu of attending 64
a regularly scheduled shift; 65
(9) "Paid sick leave" means paid time that is provided by an employer 66
to an employee for the purposes described in section 31-57t, as amended 67
by this act; 68
[(7)] (10) "Retaliatory personnel action" means any termination, 69
suspension, constructive discharge, demotion, unfavorable 70
reassignment, refusal to promote, disciplinary action or other adverse 71
employment action taken by an employer against an employee; [or a 72
service worker;] 73
[(8) "Service worker" means an employee primarily engaged in an 74
occupation with one of the following broad or detailed occupation code 75
numbers and titles, as defined by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics 76
Standard Occupational Classification system or any successor system: 77
(A) 11-9050 Food Service Managers; (B) 11-9110 Medical and Health 78 Raised Bill No. 5166
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Services Managers; (C) 21-1020 Social Workers; (D) 21-1093 Social and 79
Human Service Assistants; (E) 21-1094 Community Health Workers; (F) 80
21-1099 Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other; (G) 25-81
4020 Librarians; (H) 29-1050 Pharmacists; (I) 29-1070 Physician 82
Assistants; (J) 29-1120 Therapists; (K) 29-1140 Registered Nurses; (L) 29-83
1150 Nurse Anesthetists; (M) 29-1160 Nurse Midwives; (N) 29-1170 84
Nurse Practitioners; (O) 29-2020 Dental Hygienists; (P) 29-2040 85
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics; (Q) 29-2050 Health 86
Practitioner Support Technologists and Technicians; (R) 29-2060 87
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses; (S) 31-1011 Home 88
Health Aides; (T) 31-1012 Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants; (U) 89
31-1013 Psychiatric Aides; (V) 31-9091 Dental Assistants; (W) 31-9092 90
Medical Assistants; (X) 33-9032 Security Guards; (Y) 33-9091 Crossing 91
Guards; (Z) 35-1010 Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving 92
Workers; (AA) 35-2010 Cooks; (BB) 35-2020 Food Preparation Workers; 93
(CC) 35-3010 Bartenders; (DD) 35-3020 Fast Food and Counter Workers; 94
(EE) 35-3030 Waiters and Waitresses; (FF) 35-3040 Food Servers, 95
Nonrestaurant; (GG) 35-9010 Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants 96
and Bartender Helpers; (HH) 35-9020 Dishwashers; (II) 35-9030 Hosts 97
and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge and Coffee Shop; (JJ) 35-9090 98
Miscellaneous Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers; (KK) 37-99
2011 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners; 100
(LL) 37-2019 Building Cleaning Workers, All Other; (MM) 39-3030 101
Ushers, Lobby Attendants and Ticket Takers; (NN) 39-5010 Barbers, 102
Hairdressers, Hairstylists and Cosmetologists; (OO) 39-6010 Baggage 103
Porters, Bellhops and Concierges; (PP) 39-9010 Child Care Workers; 104
(QQ) 39-9021 Personal Care Aides; (RR) 41-1010 First-Line Supervisors 105
of Sales Workers; (SS) 41-2011 Cashiers; (TT) 41-2021 Counter and 106
Rental Clerks; (UU) 41-2030 Retail Salespersons; (VV) 43-3070 Tellers; 107
(WW) 43-4080 Hotel, Motel and Resort Desk Clerks; (XX) 43-4170 108
Receptionists and Information Clerks; (YY) 43-5020 Couriers and 109
Messengers; (ZZ) 43-6010 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants; 110
(AAA) 43-9010 Computer Operators; (BBB) 43-9020 Data Entry and 111
Information Processing Workers; (CCC) 43-9030 Desktop Publishers; 112
(DDD) 43-9040 Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks; (EEE) 113 Raised Bill No. 5166
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43-9050 Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service; 114
(FFF) 43-9060 Office Clerks, General; (GGG) 43-9070 Office Machine 115
Operators, Except Computer; (HHH) 43-9080 Proofreaders and Copy 116
Markers; (III) 43-9110 Statistical Assistants; (JJJ) 43-9190 Miscellaneous 117
Office and Administrative Support Workers; (KKK) 51-3010 Bakers; 118
(LLL) 51-3020 Butchers and Other Meat, Poultry and Fish Processing 119
Workers; (MMM) 51-3090 Miscellaneous Food Processing Workers; 120
(NNN) 53-3010 Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency 121
Medical Technicians; (OOO) 53-3020 Bus Drivers; (PPP) 53-3040 Taxi 122
Drivers and Chauffeurs; or (QQQ) 29-2034 Radiologic Technologists, 123
and is (i) paid on an hourly basis, or (ii) not exempt from the minimum 124
wage and overtime compensation requirements of the Fair Labor 125
Standards Act of 1938 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as 126
amended from time to time. "Service worker" does not include day or 127
temporary workers;] 128
[(9)] (11) "Sexual assault" means any act that constitutes a violation of 129
section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 130
January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 131
53a-73a; 132
(12) "Sibling" means a brother or sister related to an employee by (A) 133
blood, marriage or adoption by a parent of the employee, or (B) by foster 134
care placement; 135
[(10)] (13) "Spouse" means a [husband or wife, as the case may be] 136
person who is (A) legally married to an employee under the laws of any 137
state, or (B) a domestic partner of an employee registered under the laws 138
of any state or political subdivision; and 139
[(11)] (14) "Year" means [any] a three-hundred-sixty-five-day period 140
used by an employer to calculate employee benefits that begins on 141
January first and ends on December thirty-first. 142
Sec. 2. Section 31-57s of the general statutes is repealed and the 143
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2025): 144 Raised Bill No. 5166
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(a) Each employer shall provide forty hours of paid sick leave 145
annually to each of such employer's [service workers] employees in the 146
state. Such paid sick leave shall [accrue (1) beginning January 1, 2012, or 147
for a service worker hired after said date, beginning on the service 148
worker's date of employment, (2) at a rate of one hour of paid sick leave 149
for each forty hours worked by a service worker, and (3) in one-hour 150
increments up to a maximum of forty hours per year. Each service 151
worker shall be entitled to carry over up to forty unused accrued hours 152
of paid sick leave from the current year to the following year, but no 153
service worker shall be entitled to use more than the maximum number 154
of accrued hours, as described in subdivision (3) of this subsection, in 155
any year] be provided as follows: (1) For employees who have been 156
employed by such employer for one hundred eighty days prior to 157
January 1, 2025, such employer shall provide such employees with the 158
amount of sick leave required pursuant to this section on January 1, 159
2025, (2) for employees who have not been employed by such employer 160
for one hundred eighty days prior to January 1, 2025, an employer shall 161
provide such employees with the amount of sick leave required 162
pursuant to this section upon such employees' one hundred eightieth 163
day of employment with such employer from such employee's date of 164
hire, and (3) for employees hired on or after January 1, 2025, such 165
employer shall provide such employees with the amount of sick leave 166
required pursuant to this section upon such employee's one hundred 167
eightieth day of employment with such employer from such employee's 168
date of hire. 169
(b) [A service worker] An employee shall be entitled to the use of 170
[accrued] received paid sick leave [upon the completion of the service 171
worker's six-hundred-eightieth hour of employment from January 1, 172
2012, if the service worker was hired prior to January 1, 2012, or if hired 173
after January 1, 2012, upon the completion of the service worker's six-174
hundred-eightieth hour of employment from the date of hire, unless the 175
employer agrees to an earlier date. A service worker shall not be entitled 176
to the use of accrued paid sick leave if such service worker did not work 177
an average of ten or more hours per week for the employer in the most 178 Raised Bill No. 5166
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recent complete quarter] immediately. 179
(c) An employer shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section 180
if the employer (1) offers any other paid leave, or combination of other 181
paid leave that [(1)] (A) may be used for the purposes of and under the 182
same conditions provided in section 31-57t, as amended by this act, and 183
[(2)] (B) is [accrued] received in total at a rate equal to or greater than 184
the rate described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or (2) 185
provides a one-time payment to each employee equal to forty hours of 186
work at a pay rate equal to the greater of either (A) the normal hourly 187
wage for that employee, or (B) the minimum fair wage rate under 188
section 31-58 in effect at the time of such payment. For the purposes of 189
this subsection, "other paid leave" may include, but need not be limited 190
to, paid vacation, personal days or paid time off. 191
(d) Each employer shall pay each [service worker] employee for paid 192
sick leave at a pay rate equal to [the greater of either] (1) the normal 193
hourly wage for that [service worker] employee, or (2) the minimum fair 194
wage rate under section 31-58 in effect for the pay period during which 195
the employee [used] uses paid sick leave, whichever is greater. For any 196
[service worker] employee whose hourly wage varies depending on the 197
work performed by [the service worker] such employee, "normal hourly 198
wage" means the average hourly wage of the [service worker] employee 199
in the pay period prior to the one in which the [service worker used] 200
employee uses paid sick leave. 201
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and sections 31-57t 202
to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, and upon the mutual 203
consent of the [service worker] employee and employer, [a service 204
worker] an employee who chooses to work additional hours or shifts 205
during the same or following pay period, in lieu of hours or shifts 206
missed, shall not use [accrued] paid sick leave. 207
(f) (1) If an employee is transferred by an employer to another 208
division, entity or worksite but remains employed by such employer, 209
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the employee while working at such prior division, entity or worksite. 211
(2) If another employer succeeds or takes the place of an existing 212
employer, each employee of the original employer who remains 213
employed by such other successor employer shall retain and may use 214
all paid sick leave received while employed by the original employer. 215
(g) No employer shall require an employee who will use or is using 216
paid sick leave to search for or find another employee to serve as a 217
replacement for such employee to work the hours that such employee is 218
or was scheduled to work. 219
[(f)] (h) No employer shall (1) terminate any employee, (2) dismiss 220
any employee, or (3) transfer any employee from one worksite to 221
another solely in order to not qualify as an employer, as defined in 222
section 31-57r, as amended by this act. 223
Sec. 3. Section 31-57t of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes is 224
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 225
1, 2025): 226
(a) An employer shall permit [a service worker] an employee to use 227
the paid sick leave [accrued] received pursuant to section 31-57s, as 228
amended by this act: 229
(1) For (A) [a service worker's] an employee's illness, injury or health 230
condition, (B) the medical diagnosis, care or treatment of [a service 231
worker's] an employee's mental [illness] or physical illness, injury or 232
health condition, (C) preventative medical care for [a service worker] an 233
employee's mental or physical health, or (D) a mental health wellness 234
day; 235
(2) For (A) [a service worker's child's or spouse's] illness, injury or 236
health condition of an employee's family member, (B) the medical 237
diagnosis, care or treatment of [a service worker's child's or spouse's] 238
mental or physical illness, injury or health condition of an employee's 239
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of a service worker; and] an employee's family member for such family 241
member's mental or physical health; 242
(3) For closure, by order of a public official due to a public health 243
emergency, of either (A) an employer's place of business, or (B) a family 244
member's school or place of care; 245
(4) For a determination by a health authority having jurisdiction, an 246
employer of the employee, an employer of a family member or a health 247
care provider, that such employee or family member poses a risk to the 248
health of others due to such employee's or family member's exposure to 249
a communicable illness, whether or not the employee or family member 250
contracted the communicable illness; and 251
[(3)] (5) Where [a service worker] an employee or an employee's 252
family member is [(A)] a victim of family violence or sexual assault, [or 253
(B) the parent or guardian of a child who is a victim of family violence 254
or sexual assault,] provided such [service worker] employee is not the 255
perpetrator or alleged perpetrator of such family violence or sexual 256
assault, for [(i)] (A) medical care or psychological or other counseling 257
for physical or psychological injury or disability, [(ii)] (B) obtaining 258
services from a victim services organization, [(iii)] (C) relocating due to 259
such family violence or sexual assault, or [(iv)] (D) participating in any 260
civil or criminal proceedings related to or resulting from such family 261
violence or sexual assault. 262
(b) If [a service worker's] an employee's need to use paid sick leave is 263
foreseeable, an employer may require advance notice, not to exceed 264
seven days prior to the date such leave is to begin, of the intention to use 265
such leave. If [a service worker's] an employee's need for such leave is 266
not foreseeable, an employer may require [a service worker] an 267
employee to give notice of such intention as soon as practicable. [For 268
paid sick leave of three or more consecutive days, an employer may 269
require reasonable documentation that such leave is being taken for one 270
of the purposes permitted under subsection (a) of this section. If such 271
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section, documentation signed by a health care provider who is treating 273
the service worker or the service worker's child or spouse indicating the 274
need for the number of days of such leave shall be considered 275
reasonable documentation. If such leave is permitted under subdivision 276
(3) of subsection (a) of this section, a court record or documentation 277
signed by a service worker or volunteer working for a victim services 278
organization, an attorney, a police officer or other counselor involved 279
with the service worker shall be considered reasonable documentation.] 280
No employer shall require an employee to provide such employer with 281
documentation showing that such employee took paid sick leave for one 282
of the purposes permitted under subsection (a) of this section. 283
(c) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 284
this act, shall be deemed to require any employer to provide paid sick 285
leave for [a service worker's] an employee's leave for any purpose other 286
than those described in this section. 287
(d) Unless an employee policy or collective bargaining agreement 288
provides for the payment of accrued fringe benefits upon termination, 289
no [service worker] employee shall be entitled to payment of unused 290
[accrued] paid sick leave under this section upon termination of 291
employment. 292
(e) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 293
this act, shall be construed to prohibit an employer from taking 294
disciplinary action against [a service worker] an employee who uses 295
paid sick leave provided under sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as 296
amended by this act, for purposes other than those described in this 297
section. 298
Sec. 4. Section 31-57u of the general statutes is repealed and the 299
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2025): 300
(a) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 301
this act, shall be construed to (1) prevent employers from providing 302
more paid sick leave than is required under said sections, [31-57s to 31-303
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service worker] under a collective bargaining agreement, or (3) preempt 305
or override the terms of any collective bargaining agreement effective 306
prior to January 1, 2012. 307
(b) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by 308
this act, shall be construed to prohibit an employer (1) from establishing 309
a policy whereby [a service worker] an employee may donate unused 310
[accrued] paid sick leave to another [service worker] employee, and (2) 311
who provides more paid sick leave than is required under sections 31-312
57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, for the purposes 313
described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 31-57t, as 314
amended by this act, from limiting the amount of such leave [a service 315
worker] an employee may use for other purposes. 316
(c) Any termination of [a service worker's] an employee's 317
employment by an employer, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall 318
be construed as a break in service. Should any [service worker] 319
employee subsequently be rehired by the employer following a break in 320
service, the [service worker] employee (1) shall [(1)] begin to [accrue] 321
receive sick leave in accordance with section 31-57s, as amended by this 322
act, and (2) shall not be entitled to any unused hours of paid sick leave 323
that had been [accrued] received prior to the [service worker's] 324
employee's break in service unless agreed to by the employer. 325
Sec. 5. Section 31-57v of the general statutes is repealed and the 326
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2025): 327
(a) No employer shall take retaliatory personnel action or 328
discriminate against an employee because the employee (1) requests or 329
uses paid sick leave either in accordance with sections 31-57s, as 330
amended by this act, and 31-57t, as amended by this act, or in 331
accordance with the employer's own paid sick leave policy, as the case 332
may be, or (2) files a complaint with the Labor Commissioner alleging 333
the employer's violation of sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as 334
amended by this act. 335
(b) The Labor Commissioner shall advise any employee who (1) is 336 Raised Bill No. 5166
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covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for paid sick 337
days, and (2) files a complaint pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 338
of [his or her] the employee's right to pursue a grievance with [his or 339
her] the employee's collective bargaining agent. 340
(c) Any employee aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of 341
sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, as amended by this act, may file a 342
complaint with the Labor Commissioner. Upon receipt of any such 343
complaint, [said] the commissioner may hold a hearing. After the 344
hearing, any employer who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a 345
preponderance of the evidence, to have violated the provisions of 346
subsection (a) of this section shall be liable to the Labor Department for 347
a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation. Any employer 348
who is found by the Labor Commissioner, by a preponderance of the 349
evidence, to have violated the provisions of sections 31-57s to 31-57u, 350
inclusive, as amended by this act, or section 31-57w, as amended by this 351
act, shall be liable to the Labor Department for a civil penalty of up to 352
one hundred dollars for each violation. The Labor Commissioner may 353
award the employee all appropriate relief, including the payment for 354
used paid sick leave, rehiring or reinstatement to the employee's 355
previous job, payment of back wages and reestablishment of employee 356
benefits to which the employee otherwise would have been eligible if 357
the employee had not been subject to such retaliatory personnel action 358
or discriminated against. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the 359
commissioner may appeal the decision to the Superior Court in 360
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. 361
(d) The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section within 362
available appropriations. 363
Sec. 6. Section 31-57w of the general statutes is repealed and the 364
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2025): 365
(a) Each employer subject to the provisions of section 31-57s, as 366
amended by this act, shall, at the time of hiring, provide notice to each 367
[service worker] employee (1) of (A) the entitlement to paid sick leave 368 Raised Bill No. 5166
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for [service workers,] employees, (B) the amount of paid sick leave 369
provided to [service workers] employees, and (C) the terms under 370
which paid sick leave may be used, (2) that retaliation by the employer 371
against the [service worker] employee for requesting or using paid sick 372
leave for which the [service worker] employee is eligible is prohibited, 373
and (3) that the [service worker] employee has a right to file a complaint 374
with the Labor Commissioner for any violation of this section and of 375
sections 31-57s to 31-57v, inclusive, as amended by this act. [Employers 376
may] 377
(b) Each employer shall comply with the provisions of subsection (a) 378
of this section by (1) displaying a poster in a conspicuous place, 379
accessible to [service workers] employees, at the employer's place of 380
business that contains the information required by this section in both 381
English and Spanish, [. The Labor Commissioner may adopt 382
regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish additional 383
requirements concerning the means by which employers shall provide 384
such notice. The Labor Commissioner shall administer this section 385
within available appropriations.] and (2) providing written notice to 386
each employee not later than January 1, 2025, or at the time of hire, 387
whichever is later. For employers that do not maintain a physical 388
workplace or for employees that telework or perform work through a 389
web-based or application-based platform, employers shall comply with 390
the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection by sending such 391
information via electronic communication or by a conspicuous posting 392
of such information on a web-based or application-based platform. 393
(c) Each employer subject to the provisions of section 31-57s, as 394
amended by this act, shall include in the record required under section 395
31-13a (1) the number of hours, if any, of paid sick leave used by the 396
employee during the calendar year, and (2) the number of employees, if 397
any, the employer provides a one-time payment to in lieu of paid sick 398
days during the calendar year. Each employer shall retain such records 399
for a period of three years and shall allow the Labor Commissioner, with 400
appropriate notice and at a mutually agreeable time, access to such 401
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section. Failure by an employer to retain adequate records documenting 403
hours worked by an employee and paid sick leave used by such 404
employee or to allow reasonable access to such records shall be a 405
violation of this subsection 406
(d) The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance 407
with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this 408
section and sections 31-57s to 31-57v, inclusive, as amended by this act. 409
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2025 31-57r
Sec. 2 January 1, 2025 31-57s
Sec. 3 January 1, 2025 31-57t
Sec. 4 January 1, 2025 31-57u
Sec. 5 January 1, 2025 31-57v
Sec. 6 January 1, 2025 31-57w
Statement of Purpose:
To expand the paid sick days statutes to (1) apply to more employers
and employees, (2) expand the categories of family members an
employee may use paid sick leave to care for, (3) expand the permitted
purposes that an employee may use paid sick leave for, (4) modify the
rate at which an employee may receive paid sick leave, and (5) make
other conforming and clarifying changes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]