San Francisco: Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Applies to Nannies
This post is a follow up to my December 4, 2006 post concerning San Francisco's new paid sick leave ordinance (Proposition F) passed by city voters in November 2006. While the rules clarification on the mandatory Paid Sick Leave ordinance remain a work in progress, the concensus is that this law DOES apply to household employers.
The new law went into effect February 5 and requires that all employers with 10 or fewer workers doing business within the city limits to offer as many as five paid sick days per year per employee. (Larger employers pay up to 9 days per year.) Employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, according to the ordinance. Paid Sick Leave takes effect once an employee has been onboard for 90 days, and requires employers to keep records of leave accrual and use for four years.
Quoting from the San Francisco Chronicle:
"City officials in charge of enforcing the law said it applies to household workers like Castellanos who are hired off the books as well as those who are hired legally.
"If someone is paid under the table and files a complaint, we don't care how they're paid," said Donna Levitt, who heads the city's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement. "If you're an employee, you're entitled to sick leave."
By requiring employers to track hours worked and keep those records for years, the law requires more paperwork than many household employers are used to.
The new law went into effect February 5 and requires that all employers with 10 or fewer workers doing business within the city limits to offer as many as five paid sick days per year per employee. (Larger employers pay up to 9 days per year.) Employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, according to the ordinance. Paid Sick Leave takes effect once an employee has been onboard for 90 days, and requires employers to keep records of leave accrual and use for four years.
Quoting from the San Francisco Chronicle:
"City officials in charge of enforcing the law said it applies to household workers like Castellanos who are hired off the books as well as those who are hired legally.
"If someone is paid under the table and files a complaint, we don't care how they're paid," said Donna Levitt, who heads the city's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement. "If you're an employee, you're entitled to sick leave."
By requiring employers to track hours worked and keep those records for years, the law requires more paperwork than many household employers are used to.
posted by Kathleen Webb at
12:18 PM
1 Comments:
It's great that mandatory paid sick leave applies to nannies and other household workers in San Francisco. Unfortunately, too many people are coming in to work when they are sick because not enough workplaces offer paid sick leave to their employees.
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