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Ordinance 41 of 2020 adding Chapter 626A, Temporary Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

An Ordinance providing for special conditions for the operation and use of Paid Sick leave under the Paid Sick Days Act during and due to the crisis presented by COVID-19 through inclusion in the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances of Chapter 626A: Temporary Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

Council of the City of Pittsburgh (approved by the Mayor); Ordinance 41 of 2020, File 2020-0927 · City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
Level
City
Authority
Home Rule Charter; Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act, Pittsburgh Code ch. 626; Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020
Issued
2020-12-08 Dec. 8, 2020
Effective
2020-12-08 (effective immediately and fully enforceable without delay or grace period, sec. 1.O) (read as 2020-12-08)
End
2021-06-10 (sec. 2: expires upon expiration of the Commonwealth's or the City's COVID-19 disaster declaration, whichever is sooner; the Commonwealth's ended June 10, 2021) (read as 2021-06-10)
In force
Dec. 8, 2020 to June 10, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • employers with 50 or more employees in the City of Pittsburgh
  • all employers subject to Chapter 626 (accrual option revoked)
  • employees
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (80 hours COVID-19 leave; exclusion and quarantine determinations)
  • HR
  • OP payroll
Collection
Pittsburgh MET-PIT

Operative words

B. The option of Employers to withhold Sick Time on an accrual basis is hereby temporarily revoked if an Employee's otherwise permissible Sick Time use request arises directly from COVID-19.... C. Employers with 50 or more Employees shall provide COVID-19 Sick Time to Employees in the following amount: i) For Employees who work 40 hours or more per week, COVID-19 Sick Time shall be provided in the amount of 80 hours... D. COVID-19 Sick Time shall be provided to Employees immediately without any waiting period or accrual requirements, once they have been employed by the Employer for the previous ninety (90) days.... Section 2: The provisions of this Chapter shall expire upon expiration of either the COVID-19 emergency disaster Declaration of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the COVID-19 emergency disaster Declaration of the City of Pittsburgh; whichever is sooner.

Enforcement

Pittsburgh Code 626.09 (Paid Sick Days Act enforcement) applied in its entirety without grace period (sec. 1.O).

Notes

Uses include a determination by a public health authority, health care provider or the employer that the employee's presence would jeopardize others because of exposure or symptoms, and care of a family member so determined.

Retrieval note

Text read from the City Clerk's legislative record (Legistar API MatterTextPlain), which is the enrolled text; the exhibit states its provenance on its face.

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