ATTENTION EMPLOYERS - Mandatory Sick Leave Begins October 1
Effective on October 1, all employers in Montgomery County must provide earned sick and safe leave to employees working more than eight (8) hours a week. Per the new law, employees must accrue leave at a rate of at least one (1) hour for every 30 hours worked in the County.
An employer with five or more employees:
* Must provide each employee with paid sick and save leave.
* Must provide up to 56 hours of earned paid sick and safe leave in a calendar year.
* Is not required to allow an employee to use more than 80 hours of earned sick and safe leave in a calendar year.
An employer with fewer than five employees:
* Must provide up to 32 hours of earned paid sick and safe leave and 24 hours of unpaid sick and safe leave in a calendar year.
* Is not required to allow an employee to use more than 80 hours of earned sick and safe leave in a calendar year.
All employers must notify employees of earned and used sick and safe leave either on payroll stubs, or via an electronic system that is accessible to the employees. Employers are also required to post this information in the workplace. Here is a
link
to the poster provided by the County Department of Human Rights.
(Note, the poster must be resized in order to fit on a standard letter-sized sheet of paper.) More information on the the law, included permitted uses of sick and safe leave can be found at this
link
. Members who have questions should contact James Stowe at 240-777-8490.
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