New Paid Sick Leave Requirements for Small Employers in California Applies Retroactively

March 23, 2021 by Adrian Hoppes

Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 95 into law on Friday, March 19, 2021. You can read the text of the bill here. SB 95 provides supplemental paid sick leave benefits to employees needing to take leave for various reasons prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and applies to private employers with more than 25 employees. Though passed on Friday March 20^th, the benefits are retroactive back to January 01, 2021. This new law differs from previous COVID-19 supplemental sick leave policies that have existed on the federal, state, and local level, including new reasons for use and mandatory paystub reporting requirements.

We are preparing a comprehensive newsletter for review but wanted to send out this brief alert due to the immediate impact of paystub reporting requirements effective as early as the end of this month. Please contact us to determine how this new law affects your business.