The Sonoma Emergency Paid Sick Leave ordinance is not only in effect for 2021 but it is enacted retroactively to January 1, 2021. It remains in effect through September 30, 2021.
Essentially, employers are required to provide 80 hours of paid leave for those working 40 or more hours per week on a regular basis (other employees worked as a proportion) The amount may be offset by what is already being provided employees under the California 2021 supplemental paid sick law.
If an employee has at least 80 hours of accrued paid sick leave or 1260 hours of paid sick leave, vacation and paid time off, as of June 8, 2021, they have met the requirement. If by this date the employee has fewer than these minimums, employers must make up the deficiency.
From a practical standpoint, any employer with more than 25 employees is already subject to the California law and this replicates it – those with fewer than 25 employees will need to get up to speed on this law.
