New California Paid Sick Leave Rules For 2024. Before january 1, 2024, an employer could limit an employee’s use to 24 hours or three days. The california labor commissioner’s office (lco) is reminding employers that california’s paid sick leave law has been expanded starting on january 1, 2024.

The new psl law amends california labor code sections 245.5, 246, and 246.5 (the healthy workplaces, healthy families act of 2014). Expansion of paid sick leave under sb 616 the state of california, in an effort to align more closely with progressive cities that have implemented their own paid.