Coming Soon: Connecticut’s First in the Nation Paid Sick Leave Law

Although Connecticut’s new mandatory paid sick leave law does not take effect until January 1st of next year, the Labor Department already created a new web page with guidance for employers to comply. Under the law, employees begin accruing time for paid sick leave on January 1, 2012, but they can’t use the time until they have worked for the employer for at least 680 hours starting on that date. So for most employees, it will be several months before they can use the leave benefit. This gives employees and employers time to grasp the law, which has detailed eligibility criteria and a number of employer exceptions (including manufacturers and some non-profits).

The new website provides a link to the guidance document as well as a downloadable sick leave notification poster that employers will be required to display.