Ca Sick Time Law 2025. California sick leave laws grant employees at least one hour of sick leave. To help clarify the new paid sick leave requirements, the california department of industrial relations (dir) recently released updated faqs on changes to the law.
The paid sick leave law establishes minimum requirements for paid sick leave, but an employer may provide sick leave through its own existing sick leave or paid time off plan, or establish different plans for different categories of workers. As noted in our briefing, california enacts new time off requirements, californiaโs sb 616 (chapter 309, statutes of 2023) amended the healthy workplaces, healthy families act to expand paid sick leave.