California Expands Paid Sick Leave (1/1/24)

​​On December 12, 2023, California’s Labor Commissioner revised its FAQs to address changes that will occur on January 1, 2024, to the Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act (HWHFA), the statewide paid sick and safe leave law. Since amendments made by SB 616 were enacted on October 4, 2023, employers have anxiously awaited the Labor Commissioner’s interpretation of the changes.
Updated California Paid Sick and Safe Leave FAQs Address January 1, 2024 Changes
Littler | Dec 2023

California Increases Number of Paid Sick Days
SHRM | Oct 2023

Effective date: 1/1/24
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 616, which expands California's existing paid sick leave law – the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 – in multiple ways. The new law's modifications have widespread implications because they will apply to virtually all employees who work in California for 30 days or more in a year. With the vast majority of employees covered, employers must anticipate these modifications head-on.
California Expands Paid Sick Leave: 5 Key Steps Employers Can Take to Prepare
Fisher Phillips | Oct 2023

Beginning on January 1, 2024, employers must increase the amount of sick leave provided to California employees from three days/24 hours to five days/40 hours.
California's Paid Sick Leave Requirements Increased Effective 2024
Jackson Lewis | Oct 2023

Effective January 1, 2024, the amendment increases the number of job-protected paid leave hours employees can take each year under state law. When an employer implements an accrual and carryover policy, this change also increases how much paid leave employees can accrue and carry over from year to year. Likewise, when an employer uses a frontload policy, the amendment increases the amount of paid leave employers must annually frontload.
Governor Signs Amendments to Expand, and Better Align, Paid Sick Leave Requirements Throughout California
Littler | Oct 2023

SB 616 also extends nonretaliation and procedural protections to collective bargaining agreement employees.
California Expands Paid Sick Leave to Five Days or Forty Hours
Ogletree | Oct 2023