Arlington cannot require employers to provide paid sick leave. Texas HB 2127 (the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, 2023) preempts municipal employment regulations, voiding earlier paid-leave ordinances passed in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas.
Texas HB 2127, enacted in 2023 and known as the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, broadly preempts local ordinances regulating fields covered by the Texas Labor, Agriculture, Business and Commerce, Finance, Insurance, Natural Resources, Occupations, and Property Codes. Earlier paid-sick-leave ordinances in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas were already enjoined by Texas appellate courts on Labor Code preemption grounds; HB 2127 extends preemption further. Arlington has no paid-leave mandate, and any future ordinance requiring employers to provide paid sick days, vacation, or family leave would be void on its face.
There is no city paid-leave ordinance to violate. Federal Family and Medical Leave Act protections still apply to qualifying employers with 50+ employees, enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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