Number
080420
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance requiring employers within the city to provide paid sick leave to employes.
Sections
109-15-4-h cr
109-15-4-i cr
112 cr
Analysis
This ordinance requires employers located within the geographic boundaries of the city to provide paid sick leave benefits as follows:
1. All employers shall provide a minimum of one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked by an employe. Employers will not be required to provide more than 72 hours of sick leave for an employe in a calendar year.
2. Employes of small businesses will not accrue more than 40 hours of paid sick leave in a calendar year, unless the employer selects a higher limit.
3. Paid sick leave shall begin to accrue at the commencement of employment, and employes shall be entitled to use accrued paid sick leave beginning on the 90th calendar day following commencement of their employment. After the 90th calendar day of employment, employes may use sick leave as it is accrued.
4. Any employer with a paid leave policy such as a paid time-off policy, who makes available an amount of paid leave sufficient to meet the accrual requirements of this ordinance that may be used for the same purposes and under the same conditions as paid leave under this ordinance, is not required to provide additional paid sick leave.
The requirements of this ordinance apply to all employers within the city, except the federal government, the state of Wisconsin, including any office, department, agency, authority, institution, association, society or other body of the state, including the legislative and judiciary, or county or local government.
Authority to enforce the provisions of this ordinance, including but not limited to the power to receive complaints, remedy violations, adopt rules, issue subpoenas and other redress following a hearing regarding a violation, is assigned to the equal rights commission.
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