Workers in Santa Ana receive at least 40 hours or five days of paid sick leave per year under the California Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act, expanded by SB 616 effective January 2024.
Labor Code section 246, the Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act, requires every employer in California to provide eligible workers with at least 40 hours or five days of paid sick leave per year, whichever is greater. Santa Ana has not enacted a higher local floor, so state law applies. Leave can be used for the worker's own illness, care of family members, preventive care, and certain safe-time uses including domestic violence. Employers must post the DIR-mandated notice, list available leave on every wage statement, and may not retaliate against workers who use leave. Front-load and accrual methods are both permitted.
Refusing leave for a covered reason, retaliating against a worker who uses it, failing to display sick-leave balances on wage statements, or denying eligible part-time workers can support Labor Commissioner claims.
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