Overview
- The bill would require employers to provide up to seven paid sick days per year to all employees.
- Workers would accrue one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked, capped at 56 hours annually, with use allowed after 60 days on the job.
- Eligible uses include personal illness, preventive care, caring for a family member, school health meetings, and recovery or assistance related to domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault.
- Roughly 30 Senate Democrats, including Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker, are co-sponsoring the legislation.
- The proposal is endorsed by 88 organizations and preserves employer policies that exceed these minimums, with sponsors pointing to widespread lack of paid sick leave access.