BREAKING: California legislature approves COVID sick leave bill; Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to sign
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Legislature has approved a bill requiring workers receive up to two weeks of paid time off if they get sick from the coronavirus.The bill applies to companies with 26 employees or more.
The law would impact employees like Crystal Orozco, who got sick with the coronavirus last month. Orozco missed nearly two weeks' worth of her salary as a shift leader at a fast food restaurant and had to ask family members for a loan to help pay her rent.Orozco could soon get backpay from her company for the time she was out sick.
Orozco, a member of the Service Employees International Union, said she was denied paid time off when she got sick. In addition, five other states - Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington - have paid sick leave laws that, while not COVID-specific, can be used cover time off from the coronavirus.
That tax cut was scheduled to happen at the end of this year, but lawmakers will now vote on whether to put it into effect a year early. That move helped win support from business groups, who had previously opposed paid sick-leave laws because they said it would cost employers too much money. California's sick leave proposal gives workers up to one week of paid time off if they get the coronavirus or are caring for a sick family member. They can get a second week off only if they or their family members test positive. Employers must pay for and provide the test. The proposal only applies to companies with 26 or more employees and it will expire on Sept. 30.
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