Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Rocio Kiryczun, Human Resources Director
Michelle Kuka, Deputy Director, Human Resources
Subject: Resolution Authorizing an Amendment to the County's COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave and Supplemental COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the County's COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave and Supplemental COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave Policy to align with pending state legislation and to extend the availability of the County's COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave and Supplemental COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave to April 1, 2023.
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BACKGROUND:
Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, prior federal and state laws have required most employers to provide mandatory paid sick leave for employees. California has, at times, passed laws extending COVID-19 related sick leave. While at other times, it has allowed those laws to lapse for several months and then later passed a new law that once again requires employer provided COVID-19 sick leave.
This Board has repeatedly approved and extended a County COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave policy so that County employees have had continuous access to COVID-19 related sick leave throughout the pandemic. The County policy has been substantially in line with federal and state laws. However, in some areas, the County policy went beyond the minimum requirements of the sick leave mandates, such as providing additional hours or extending the County policy past the expiration of state and federal laws.
In February of 2022, California enacted another COVID-19 sick leave law, SB 114, which provided COVID-19 related sick leave until September 30, 2022. The County revised and extended its existing policy to align with the new law, including an expiration date to the policy of September 30, 2022. However, recently the California legislature passed Assem...
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