Unlike most preemption-state cities, Phoenix workers DO get state-mandated paid sick time under Arizona's Prop 206 (Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 23-371 et seq.). All Arizona employers must provide 1 hour of paid sick leave per 30 hours worked, with annual caps of 24 hours (small employers <15) or 40 hours (large employers 15+). Phoenix has no separate local mandate.
Arizona Prop 206 (2016) created a statewide Earned Paid Sick Time entitlement codified at Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 23-371 through 23-381. All employers covered: workers accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Annual cap is 24 hours for employers with fewer than 15 employees, and 40 hours for employers with 15 or more employees. Permitted uses include the worker's own illness, family member illness, public-health emergencies, and absence due to domestic-violence/sexual-assault. The state law preempts local paid-sick-leave ordinances (Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 23-204), so Phoenix cannot set higher local accrual rates. The Industrial Commission of Arizona enforces the state Earned Paid Sick Time law. Federal FMLA (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.) applies in parallel for unpaid, longer-term leave at employers with 50+ employees.
Arizona Earned Paid Sick Time violations are enforced by the Industrial Commission. Remedies under Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 23-364 include unpaid sick pay, an additional sum equal to twice the unpaid amount, interest, attorney's fees, costs, and reinstatement for retaliation. Civil penalties up to $250 for first violation and $1,000 for repeat. Statute of limitations: 2 years.
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