Recently Connecticut’s governor signed into law the “Act Creating Parity between Paid Sick Leave Benefits and Other Employer-Provided Benefits”, effective January 1, 2015. Public Act 14-128 amends the existing Connecticut Paid Sick Leave law in a couple of significant ways.
First, under existing law, each employer must provide paid sick leave annually to each of the employer’s “service workers” in the state of Connecticut. The listing of what are considered “service workers” is quite extensive of which radiologic technologists will be added come the January 1, 2015 effective date.
Next, an employer cannot terminate, dismiss or transfer any employee from one worksite to another solely in order to circumvent the definition of “employer” under the law. An employer means any person, firm business, educational institution, nonprofit agency, corporation, limited liability company or other entity that employs fifty or more individuals in the state based on such persons, firm’s, business’ educational institutions, nonprofit agencies, corporations, limited liability company’s or other entity’s payroll for the week containing October first annually. An employer does not include (a) any business establishment classified in sector 31, 32 or 33 in the North American Industrial Classification System, or (b) any nationally chartered organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This amendment allows employers to determine the 50-employee applicability threshold much like the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, by determining whether the employer has at least 50 employees on the payroll for the week containing October 1.
Finally, accrual of paid sick leave hours will be calculated on an annual basis, meaning a 365 day period, not just a calendar year.
These amendments will affect the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law posting included on the Connecticut All-On-One poster. Check back with Compliance Poster Company online or by calling 800.817.7678 to order your mandatory update prior to the January 1, 2015 effective date.