To clarify the paid sick leave act requirements, Connecticut’s Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act 14-128. The amendment will take effect on January 1, 2015. Under the current law, a covered employer must provide paid sick leave if he or she employs 50 or more people during any quarter in the previous year. Employers determine if they exceed this threshold by January 1 each year based on the quarterly unemployment reports that were submitted to the Connecticut Department of Labor the previous year. Under the revised act, the paid sick leave will be determined based on the number of employees on the payroll for the week containing October 1.
The time-frame for accruing paid sick leave was also revised under the new act. Employees will now accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked whatever 365-day period the employer uses to calculate employee benefits. In the current law, employees accrue one hour of sick leave for every 40 hours worked per calendar year. Finally, the paid sick leave benefits are extended to radiologic technologists, under “service workers.”
Connecticut employers with 50 or more employees can stay compliant with the updated Connecticut All-On-One Labor Law PosterTM or the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Peel ‘N PostTM.