Chicago's Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, MCC Ch. 6-105 (effective July 2024), requires five paid leave days plus five paid sick days per year for employees who work in the city.
Effective July 1, 2024, MCC Ch. 6-105 requires Chicago employers to provide each covered worker 40 hours of general paid leave usable for any reason plus 40 hours of paid sick and safe leave annually. Workers accrue one hour of each per 35 hours worked, or employers may front-load. Sick leave covers personal illness, family care, domestic-violence safe time, and public-health closures. Paid leave requires up to seven days' notice for foreseeable use. Mid-size employers (51-100 workers) must pay out up to 16 unused paid-leave hours at separation; large employers (101+) must pay all unused paid-leave hours. BACP Office of Labor Standards enforces.
Fines of $1,000 to $3,000 per offense plus three times the value of denied leave under MCC 6-105-085. Retaliation triggers additional penalties up to $1,000 per worker per incident.
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