California Labor & Employment Law Blog

Posted by Nancy Berner

On January 30, 2007, a member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors introduced legislation to allow a transition period in the implementation of the Paid Sick Leave Ordinance. Specifically, Supervisor Elsbernd introduced the following modification to the Paid Sick Leave Ordinance:

Ordinance adding Section 12W.17 to the Administrative Code to establish 120-day Transition Period (from February 5 through June 5, 2007) to implement Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, by providing that (1) an employer may delay payment of required paid sick leave until June 6, 2007, and (2) administrative penalties, compensatory costs to the City, liquidated damages, and attorneys' fees may not be awarded for a failure to pay required sick leave during the Transition Period.

This new modification has been assigned to the Rules Committee. While waiting to see if the modification is accepted by the Rules Committee, employers should be sure to comply with the record keeping requirements of the Paid Sick Leave Ordinance. If this proposal is accepted, employers will have the option of delaying provision of the accrued time off until June 6, 2007, but must record the time accrued during the transition period.