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EMPLOYEES NOT COVERED
Independent Contractors
Seasonal Workers
Adjunct Professors
Employees hired for a term of
less than 6 months
Interns
Pool employees
Employees covered by collective
bargaining agreements
State and federal employees
EMPLOYEES COVERED
Work in the City of Philadelphia
Work at least 40 hours a year
EMPLOYER INFORMATION
Employers with 10 or more
employees must provide paid
sick leave.
Large chains with employees
who work within the City of
Philadelphia limits must provide
paid sick leave.
Employers with 9 or fewer
employees must provide unpaid
sick leave.
Starting
May 13, 2015
employees
who work
at least 40 hours a year within the City of
Philadelphia limits will be eligible to earn
paid/unpaid sick leave.
Employees are eligible to earn 1 hour of sick time for
every 40 hours they work.
Employers with 10 or more employees are required
to provide paid sick leave. Employers with 9 or fewer
employees are required to provide unpaid sick leave.
A maximum of 40 sick time hours may be earned in
a calendar year. Accrued sick time may be used after
an employee has worked a minimum of 90 days.
Accrual begins May 13, 2015 for all current employees.
Earned sick time can be used for the employee’s own
health needs, to care for a family member or for leave
due to domestic abuse or sexual assault.
If an employer refuses to provide earned sick time or
retaliates against employees for utilizing sick time, the
employee can make a formal complaint to the City of
Philadelphia’s Sick Leave Agency after September
2015.
Updated 4/23/2015
EFFECTIVE MAY 13, 2015
FOR MORE INFORMATION- SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO: paidsickleav[email protected]
Employers must notify employees that they are entitled to sick time, the amount of sick time and
the terms of its legal use.
Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces
