Stay Healthy: Avoiding Problems Under the New Sick Leave Law - What Your "Business Needs 2 Know"

Paid sick leave is a hot topic throughout the United States. California became the second state to require paid sick leave by enacting the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. Effective July 1, 2015, this complicated law requires that every employer with employees working in California for 30 days a year or more provide paid sick leave. This means that temporary and part-time employees as well as full-time workers may be eligible. Determining who qualifies is just the first step. Employers will have to make tough decisions and establish a number of internal practices in order to avoid experiencing employeritis, the illness that results from the failure to comply with the law’s requirements. Symptoms include penalties of up to $4,000 per employee as well as lawsuits seeking far greater sums. But don’t worry… this seminar will teach you all you need to know to avoid these costly problems and to stay healthy!


Kelly O. Scott, Esq. heads ECJ’s Employment Law Department and has over 25 years of experience in wage and hour, wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, class action, disability, medical leave, investigation, compliance training and litigation matters. Mr. Scott was named Best Employment Lawyer in Southern California for 2010 by the 5W Report, and was selected for inclusion in Southern California Super Lawyers®, published in Los Angeles magazine, in 2014 for the tenth year. Mr. Scott is a published author and frequent speaker on employment law matters and maintains a Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating of AV Preeminent.