There is no federal law requiring private employers to provide employees with paid sick leave. In the absence of a federal law mandating a universal level of paid sick leave, states and local jurisdictions are addressing this issue individually, and certain federal contractors and subcontractors are required to provide paid sick time.
The individual laws contain a patchwork of provisions that may overlap, or even conflict with each other. This is particularly challenging for employers with employees in multiple locations with varying time off policies. The following information has been assembled in a Toolkit to assist covered employers in establishing a well-designed policy under the various paid sick leave requirements including the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and Chicago, and Cook County, Illinois and federal contractors.
