Governor Newsom has announced that an initial agreement has been reached on a “framework” to ensure employees have access to COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) through September 30, 2022.
While the exact details of the pending SPSL bill have not been finalized, the governor, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon indicated that the bill would again require California employers to provide up to 80 hours of COVID-19-related paid leave through September 30, 2022, and it would be retroactive and apply to COVID-19 absences from January 1, 2022.
They also referred to providing SPSL to “frontline workers” but did not specify whether the paid SPSL would be limited to frontline workers or, if so, which employees would qualify as “frontline.”
CA Local Jurisdictions may have their own paid time off requirements in 2022 and employers are advised to check their local jurisdiction including:
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles City
- Los Angeles County (unincorporated areas)
- Marin County (unincorporated areas)
- Oakland
- San Francisco
- San Mateo County (unincorporated areas)
- Santa Rosa
- Sonoma County (unincorporated areas)
