SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov.
The law, which takes effect in January, also increases the amount of sick leave workers can carry over into the following year.
“Too many folks are still having to choose between skipping a day’s pay and taking care of themselves or their family members when they get sick,” Newsom said in a statement announcing his action.
Newsom already signed a law to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour.
Assemblymember Gail Pellerin, a Democrat from Santa Cruz who authored the law and is a former local elections official, said the law creates necessary guardrails around elections.
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Locations:
SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, Northern California, Shasta, Santa, Shasta County, United States