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VA SB886

VA SB886
Health care providers and grocery store workers; employers to provide paid sick leave.


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Introduced
01/04/2023
In Committee
02/09/2023
Crossed Over
02/06/2023
Passed
Dead
04/12/2023

Introduced Session

2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers and grocery store workers. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to certain home health workers. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. Under the bill, an employee of an employer with fewer than 25 employees is not considered a grocery store worker. The bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for employers of certain other health care providers. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines for retail employers that sell groceries to provide sick leave and to publish such guidelines by December 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers and grocery store workers. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to certain home health workers. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. Under the bill, an employee of an employer with fewer than 25 employees is not considered a grocery store worker. The bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for employers of certain other health care providers. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines for retail employers that sell groceries to provide sick leave and to publish such guidelines by December 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024.

AI Summary

This bill requires employers to provide paid sick leave to healthcare providers and grocery store workers. It removes the current requirement that workers must work at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. The bill also exempts certain healthcare providers from the paid sick leave requirements and allows the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines for retail employers that sell groceries to comply with the new provisions. The key provisions of the bill, excluding the requirement for the Department to develop guidelines, will take effect on January 1, 2024.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

Left in Commerce and Energy (on 02/22/2023)

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