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 "dataset": "sick-leave",
 "title": "Paid sick leave laws by state",
 "description": "Which states require paid sick leave, the accrual rate, annual caps, waiting periods and small-employer rules, for all 50 states and DC as a free data file.",
 "url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/sick-leave",
 "publisher": "MCC Solutions",
 "license": {
  "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Credit \"MCC Solutions\" and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/sick-leave"
 },
 "checked": "2026-11",
 "row_count": 51,
 "accuracy": "Facts come from official government pages as they read on the checked date. Anything not confirmed there is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list. General information, not legal or tax advice; MCC Solutions is not a law firm and we are not lawyers.",
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   "meaning": "Two-letter postal code of the state or DC."
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   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "State name (or District of Columbia)."
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  {
   "name": "agency",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "State agency that enforces the sick leave law. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
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  {
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   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Name or citation of the law. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "statewide",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Whether a statewide sick leave requirement applies to private employers."
  },
  {
   "name": "effective",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "When the requirement took effect. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "accrual",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "How sick leave accrues. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "cap",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Yearly accrual or use cap. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "tiers",
   "type": "array of objects",
   "meaning": "Rules by employer size: min and max employees, per (hours worked per hour earned), cap (hours), cap_kind, paid, from (start date). Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
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   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Day of employment on which leave may first be used."
  },
  {
   "name": "wait.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Detail on the waiting period. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "carryover",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Whether unused leave carries into the next year. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "frontload",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Whether an employer may front-load the year's leave. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "small_employer",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Different rules for small employers. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "uses",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "What the leave may be used for. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
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   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Notice, poster or documentation rules. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
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   "meaning": "Whether cities or counties have their own sick leave ordinances."
  },
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   "meaning": "Whether state law blocks local sick leave ordinances."
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  {
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   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "Official page about local rules."
  },
  {
   "name": "local.title",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Title of that page. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "notes",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
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   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null."
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   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Links to the official sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others)."
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   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
   "meaning": "When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none."
  },
  {
   "name": "page_url",
   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row."
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   "jurisdiction": "Alaska",
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   "jurisdiction": "Arizona",
   "agency": "Industrial Commission of Arizona",
   "law": "Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (A.R.S. 23-371 to 23-381)",
   "statewide": "yes",
   "effective": "Accrual began July 1, 2017, or at the start of employment if later.",
   "accrual": "At least 1 hour of earned paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Overtime-exempt employees are assumed to work 40 hours a week unless their normal week is shorter.",
   "cap": "Employers with 15 or more employees may cap accrual at 40 hours a year; employers with fewer than 15, at 24 hours a year, unless the employer chooses a higher limit.",
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   "frontload": "Allowed: an employer may give the full year's expected accrual at the start of the year.",
   "small_employer": "Fewer than 15 employees: the yearly cap is 24 hours instead of 40. Full-time, part-time and temporary employees all count, and an employer with 15 or more on payroll in 20 calendar weeks of this or last year uses the 40-hour rule.",
   "uses": "The employee's own mental or physical illness, injury or health condition; care of a family member with one; closure of the workplace, or of a child's school or care center, by a public official in a public health emergency; and absences needed because of domestic violence, sexual violence, abuse or stalking.",
   "notice": "Employers give written notice at hire, in English and Spanish, of the sick time owed, how it can be used, the ban on retaliation and how to contact the Industrial Commission, and show sick time available, used this year and paid on or with each regular paycheck (A.R.S. 23-375).",
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   "notes": "An employee rehired within nine months gets unused time back, and a successor employer must honor time accrued with the prior employer. Unused time doesn't have to be paid out when the job ends.",
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    "https://www.azica.gov/frequently-asked-questions-about-wage-and-earned-paid-sick-time-laws"
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   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/paid-sick-leave-arizona"
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  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CA",
   "jurisdiction": "California",
   "agency": "California Labor Commissioner (DLSE)",
   "law": "Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (Labor Code 245-249), as amended by SB 616",
   "statewide": "yes",
   "effective": "Since January 1, 2024, employers must generally provide 5 days or 40 hours a year (SB 616).",
   "accrual": "At least 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, or an up-front policy that gives the full amount for the year at once.",
   "cap": "An employer may limit use to 40 hours or 5 days a year and may cap the total an employee accrues at 80 hours or 10 days.",
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   "wait.text": "An employee must satisfy a 90-day employment period before taking sick leave.",
   "carryover": "Unused accrued leave carries over, though the employer may set a cap by policy (accrual may be capped at 80 hours or 10 days).",
   "frontload": "Allowed: an up-front policy makes the full year's leave available immediately; new hires have their own timing rules.",
   "small_employer": "The law covers employees who work at least 30 days for the same employer within a year in California. A few uses tied to victims of violence apply only to employers with 25 or more employees.",
   "uses": "The employee's own or a family member's health (family includes a parent, child, spouse or registered domestic partner, among others), and for victims of violence, seeking relief such as a temporary restraining order.",
   "notice": "Employers must display the poster, give each employee an individual notice, and show the sick leave available on the pay stub or a separate writing each payday. Records are kept for three years.",
   "local.exists": true,
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   "local.url": "https://dir.ca.gov/dlse/Paid_Sick_Leave.htm",
   "local.title": "California Paid Sick Leave FAQ (local ordinances section)",
   "notes": "Where a city ordinance gives more paid sick leave, the employer provides the higher amount; on a few topics the state law preempts the local one.",
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   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/paid-sick-leave-california"
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   "jurisdiction_code": "CO",
   "jurisdiction": "Colorado",
   "agency": "Colorado Division of Labor Standards and Statistics",
   "law": "Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA)",
   "statewide": "yes",
   "effective": "Covers employers of every size; before 2022 employers with 15 or fewer employees were exempt from accrued leave.",
   "accrual": "1 hour of leave for every 30 hours worked, starting on the first day of work.",
   "cap": "Up to 48 hours of paid leave a year; employers need not allow use of more than 48 hours in one benefit year.",
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   "carryover": "Unused accrued leave, up to 48 hours a benefit year, rolls over to a later year.",
   "frontload": "The guidance doesn't use the term; employers may offer more leave, allow it for more needs, or let employees take leave before earning it.",
   "small_employer": "Covers all employers of any employees in the state, regardless of industry or size.",
   "uses": "The employee's or an immediate family member's mental or physical illness, injury or health condition, and a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault or criminal harassment needing leave for medical attention or related needs. Up to 80 hours of extra public health emergency leave applies when an emergency is declared.",
   "notice": "Employers must give employees individual written notices and also display posters on HFWA rights in a conspicuous and accessible place.",
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   "notes": "The Division's INFO #6B was last updated February 27, 2026. Covid-19 public health emergency leave ended June 8, 2023; new guidance follows if another emergency is declared.",
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   "jurisdiction_code": "CT",
   "jurisdiction": "Connecticut",
   "agency": "Connecticut Department of Labor",
   "law": "Connecticut paid sick leave law (as expanded in 2024)",
   "statewide": "yes",
   "effective": "January 1, 2026 for employers with 11 or more employees in Connecticut; January 1, 2027 for employers with 1 or more.",
   "accrual": "1 hour of leave for every 30 hours actually worked.",
   "cap": "An employee can accrue up to 40 hours a year and may use no more than 40 hours a year.",
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   "small_employer": "Phased in by size: 11 or more employees from January 1, 2026, and every employer with 1 or more employees from January 1, 2027.",
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   "notice": "Display posters in English and Spanish in conspicuous and accessible areas, and give each employee written notice.",
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   "frontload": "Allowed: the full minimum may be given at the start of employment or of the 12-month period; frontloaded leave need not carry over.",
   "small_employer": "Applies to employers of all sizes, including non-profits and religious organizations. School districts and park districts are excluded from the definition of employer.",
   "uses": "Any reason, or no reason at all.",
   "notice": "Employers must post the Department's notice in a conspicuous place and include it in any written handbook; first audit violations carry a $500 civil penalty and later ones $1,000.",
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   "local.url": "https://labor.illinois.gov/faqs/paidleavefaq",
   "local.title": "Paid Leave for All Workers Act FAQ (Chicago and Cook County)",
   "notes": "The Act doesn't apply to employers already covered by a municipal or county paid leave ordinance, such as Chicago's and Cook County's. Employers may adopt a reasonable notice policy for unforeseen absences.",
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