Employment Alert: Connecticut to Require Many Employers to Offer Paid Sick Leave
6/10/2011
The Connecticut General Assembly has passed a sick leave law that will make Connecticut the first state to mandate paid sick leave for certain hourly service workers. The law, which will become effective on January 1, 2012 if Governor Malloy signs it, which he is expected to do, applies to employers of 50 or more persons within the State of Connecticut. While many Connecticut employers with 50 or more employees likely already provide paid leave to their employees, the Paid Sick Leave Act (the “Act”) provides a floor below which employers may not fall when it comes to these benefits.
