§ 15-273. No change to more generous sick leave policies.

(a)

An employer may provide paid leave benefits to its employees that exceed the requirements of this article. This article does not require an employer who makes paid time off available to an employee under conditions that meet the purpose, accrual, yearly cap, and usage requirements of this article to provide additional earned paid sick time to that employee.

(b)

This article does not require an employer to provide additional earned paid sick time to an employee if the employee has used paid time off that meets the requirements of this article for a purpose not specified in section 15-272.

(c)

This article does not prohibit an employer from granting earned paid sick time to an employee prior to accrual by the employee.

(Ord. No. 2018-08-16-0620 , § 2, 8-16-18)