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Paid Sick Leave Laws by State

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Welcome to Your Guide to Paid Sick Leave

At Valor Payroll Solutions, we recognize the importance of supporting employees’ health and well-being. That’s why we have created a comprehensive resource to help you navigate the complexities of paid sick leave programs.

Understanding Paid Sick Leave

Paid sick leave is a crucial benefit that allows employees to take time off from work when they are ill or need to care for a sick family member. These programs ensure that employees can prioritize their health without worrying about lost wages.

Navigating Paid Sick Leave Regulations

Paid sick leave regulations vary from state to state, making it challenging for employers to stay compliant. At Valor Payroll Solutions, we aim to simplify this process for you. Our user-friendly website provides valuable information on paid sick leave programs, including eligibility requirements, accrual rates, usage guidelines, and employer obligations.

Comprehensive Resources and Support

Whether you are an employer seeking guidance on implementing paid sick leave policies or an employee looking to understand your rights and benefits, Valor Payroll Solutions is here to assist you. Our website offers a wealth of resources, including state-specific paid sick leave program details. We keep our content up to date to reflect changes in legislation, ensuring that you have access to accurate and reliable information.

Streamlining Your Paid Sick Leave Process

Implementing and managing paid sick leave programs can be complex, especially when it comes to tracking accruals, usage, and integrating them into your existing payroll systems. Valor Payroll Solutions can help streamline this process. Our team of payroll experts can guide you through the necessary steps, from policy development to accurate tracking and reporting.

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Valor Payroll Solutions is your trusted partner in navigating the world of paid sick leave. With our comprehensive resources and payroll expertise, we empower employers and employees to effectively manage paid sick leave programs while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations.

Explore our website now to access valuable information on paid sick leave programs in your state. Whether you are an employer seeking compliance or an employee in need of support, we have the resources to assist you. Contact Valor Payroll Solutions today to learn more and let us help you manage your paid sick leave needs effectively.

Paid Sick Leave Chart by State

You’ll find the chart below, which lists your state and additional information.

State/Jurisdiction	Subject Employer	Time Accrued	Waiting Period For Use	Maximum Accrued/Year	Maximum Used/Year	Max Carryover
Alaska	15+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	56 hours	56 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
Alaska	14 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	40 hours	40 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
Arizona	15+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Arizona	14 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	24 hours	24 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 24 sick hours
California	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	80 hours	40 hrs	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 80 sick hours
California - Berkeley	26+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	72 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 72 sick hours
California - Berkeley	25 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	48 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 48 sick hours
California - Emeryville	56+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	72 hours	No cap	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
California - Emeryville	55 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	48 hours	No cap	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
California - Los Angeles	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	48 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 72 sick hours
California - Oakland	11+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	Not specified	72 hours	No cap	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
California - Oakland	10 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	Not specified	40 hours	No cap	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
California - San Diego	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	No cap	40 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
California - San Francisco	10+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	72 hours	Not specified	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
California - San Francisco	9 or few employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	40 hours	Not specified	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
California - Santa Monica	26+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	72 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 72 sick hours
California - Santa Monica	25 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	40 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Colorado	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	48 hours	48 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 48 sick hours
Connecticut	25+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	120 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Illinois	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	90 days	40 hours	Not specified	Not specified
Illinois – Chicago	All employers in Chicago	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 35 hours worked	None	40 hours	40 hours year one / 60 hours subsequent years	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 80 sick hours
Illinois – Cook County	All employers in Cook County	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	180 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 80 sick hours
Maine	11+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	Employer can require 120 days	80 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Maryland	15+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	106 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Maryland	14 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of UNPAID sick time for every 30 hours worked	106 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Maryland – Montgomery County	5+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	56 hours	80 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 56 sick hours
Maryland – Montgomery County	Less than 5 employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	32 paid / 24 unpaid	80 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 56 sick hours
Massachusetts	Paid if 11+ employees/unpaid if 10 or fewer	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Michigan	1-10 employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	120 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Michigan	11+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	120 days	72 hours	72 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 72 sick hours
Minnestoa	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	48 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 80 sick hours
Minnesota - Bloomington	Paid if 5+ employees, unpaid if 4 or fewer	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	48 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 80 sick hours
Minnesota – Minneapolis	Paid if 6+ employees, unpaid if 5 or fewer	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	48 hours	No cap	There is no cap on the maximum number of sick hours an employee can carry over, but the total available hours can be capped at 80 sick hours
Minnesota – St. Paul	All employers with employees in St Paul	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	48 hours	No cap	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 80 sick hours
Nebraska	11-19 employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	Employees begin accruing sick time after 80 hours of consecutive employment.	40 hours	40 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
Nebraska	20+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	Employees begin accruing sick time after 80 hours of consecutive employment.	56 hours	56 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
Nevada	50+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 52 hours worked	90 days	No cap	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
New Jersey	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	120 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
New Mexico	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	No cap	64 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
New Mexico - Bernalillo	35+ employees	Employees accrue 56 hours per year	90 days and employee has worked 56 hours	56 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 56 sick hours
New Mexico - Bernalillo	11-34 employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 32 hours worked	90 days and employee has worked 56 hours	44 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 44 sick hours
New Mexico - Bernalillo	10 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 32 hours worked	90 days and employee has worked 56 hours	28 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 28 sick hours
New York	0-4 employees (net income under $1 million)	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	No cap	40 hours unpaid	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
New York	0-4 employees (net income over $1 million)	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	No cap	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
New York	5-99 employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	No cap	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
New York	100+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	No cap	56 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 56 sick hours
New York – New York City	0-4 employees (net income under $1 million)	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	No cap	40 hours unpaid	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
New York – New York City	0-4 employees (net income over $1 million)	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	No cap	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
New York – New York City	5+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	None	No cap	56 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 56 sick hours
New York - Westchester County	5+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	Not specified	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
New York - Westchester County	4 or fewer unpaid	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	Not specified	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Oregon	10+ employees (6+ in Portland) (unpaid if less than)	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	40 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours, but the total available sick hours is capped at 80 hours
Pennslyvania - Allegheny County	26+ employees	1 hour per every 35 worked	90 days	40 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Pennslyvania – Philadelphia	10+ employees (unpaid if less than)	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	90 days	40 hours	40 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
Pennslyvania – Pittsburgh	15+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 35 hours worked Effective 1/1/26 - Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	40 hours Effective 1/1/26 - 72 hours	40 hours	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Pennslyvania – Pittsburgh	14 or fewer employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 35 hours worked Effective 1/1/26 - Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	24 hours Effective 1/1/26 - 48 hours	Not specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 24 sick hours
Rhode Island	18+ employees (unpaid if less than)	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 35 hours worked	90 days for new EE's, 180 Temp EE's, 150 Seasonal EE's	40 hours	Not Specified	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
Vermont	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 52 hours worked	365 days (optional waiting period)	40 hours	Not Specified	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Washington	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	90 days	No cap	No cap	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Washington – SeaTac	Hospitality & Transportation Workers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	No cap Not Specified	No cap	No cap	Unused time should be paid out at year-end
Washington – Seattle	1-49 FT employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	90 days	No cap	No cap	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Washington – Seattle	50-249 FT employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	90 days	No cap	No cap	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 56 sick hours
Washington – Seattle	250+ FT employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked	90 days	No cap	No cap	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 72 sick hours (108 hours for employers with PTO)
Washington – Tacoma	All employers	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked	90 days	No cap	No cap	Employees are permitted to carry over up to 40 sick hours
Washington DC	1-24 employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 87 hours worked	Not specified	24 hours	24 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
Washington DC	25-99 employees (or restaurant & bar employees who regularly receive tips)	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 43 hours worked	Not specified	40 hours	40 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.
Washington DC	100+ employees	Employees earn 1 hour of sick time for every 37 hours worked	Not specified	56 hours	56 hours	There is no cap on the number of accrued and unused sick hours the employee can carry over from year to year.

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