Ordinance 23 of 2021 adding Chapter 626B, Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania

Level

City

Authority

Home Rule Charter; Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act, Pittsburgh Code ch. 626

Issued

2021-07-27 July 27, 2021

Effective

2021-07-27 (sec. 4: effective immediately after approval; sec. 1.O: fully enforceable without delay or grace period) (read as 2021-07-27)

End

365 days from the effective date (sec. 2), about July 27, 2022 (read as 2022-07-27)

In force

July 27, 2021 to July 27, 2022

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

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 for COVID-19 uses)
• employees

Functions reached

• WF (80 hours COVID-19 leave; exclusion and quarantine determinations; care of family members)
• 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, including any of its variants.... C. Employers with 50 or more Employees shall provide COVID-19 Sick Time to Employees in the following amount: a. 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 be construed as temporary and will expire (365) three hundred and sixty-five days from the effective date of this Ordinance.... Section 4: Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect immediately after approval.

Enforcement

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