All California employers must provide employees with at least 24 hours, or 3 days, of paid sick leave under the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 starting on July 1, 2015. However, employers must now post notices in the workplace about the new sick leave law and provide individualized notices to employees concerning paid sick leave under California’s Wage Theft Prevention Act. California employers should review their existing vacation, sick leave and PTO policies well before July 1, 2015 to determine whether such policies need to be updated or changed to comply with the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act. In addition, employers should ensure that wage statements and pay stubs are updated and re-formatted to track accrual of sick leave in compliance with the Wage Theft Prevention Act.

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