Additional Uses Paid Sick Leave
The bill allows an employee to use accrued paid sick leave when the employee needs to:
- Care for a family member whose school or place of care has been closed due to inclement weather, loss of power, loss of heating, loss of water, or other unexpected occurrence or event that results in the closure of the family member's school or place of care;
or - Grieve, attend funeral services or a memorial, or deal with financial and legal matters that arise after the death of a family member ; or
- Evacuate the employee's place of residence due to inclement weather, loss of power, loss of heating, loss of water, or other unexpected occurrence or event that results in the need to evacuate the employee's residence.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)