City Council

D. Adoption of Resolution No. 2024- 21 Amending Sick Leave Benefits for Part -Time Employees Effective January 1, 2024 Per California Law Senate Bill 616 The Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 616 on October 4, 2023, changing the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. This change increases the maximum days that workers may carry over from one year to the next and increases the number of paid sick days to which they are entitled to use in a 12 -month period. Part- time employees will now be able to use up to forty hours of sick leave within a calendar year, while they still accrue one ( 1) hour for every thirty hours worked. Part- time employees will also be able to accrue and carry over up to eighty hours of sick leave from one calendar year of employment to the next. This does not apply to employees who are covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement ( CBA) or a benefit resolution that meets or exceeds the minimum requirements under AB 1522. Sick leave benefits for full- time employees remain unchanged. Recommendation: That the City Council approve and adopt Resolution No. 2024- 21, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SICK LEAVE BENEFITS FOR PART- TIME EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024 PER CALIFORNIA LAW SB 616