California Paid Sick Leave for Part-Time Employees
How to calculate California's paid sick leave law for part-time employees can be a difficult thing, especially if you are not used to providing part-time employees paid sick leave. The Shaw Law Group identifies the most common methods of calculating paid sick leave and address how they apply to part-time employees: Accrual Method (1:30) Employers may have a policy in which employees accrue one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked. This policy applies equally to part-time and full-time employees. Accrual Method (Alternative Rate) Employers may have employees accrue paid sick leave at a rate other than one hour for every 30 hours worked, but must meet certain benchmarks to make that alternative accrual valid. Employers using an alternative accrual rate must ensure that employees accrue 24 hours or three days of sick leave by the 120th day of the year and 40 hours or five days by the 200th day. California’s Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) recen...