Alaska voters approved Ballot Measure 1 (according to unofficial election results), which provides for paid sick leave for all employees in Alaska. (The measure also raises the minimum wage over the next several years and imposes restrictions on employer-sponsored meetings about religious or political matters.) This new paid sick leave requirement becomes effective July 1, 2025.
The new law applies to all employers and employees in Alaska. There are limited exceptions for apprentices, employees in work therapy programs, prison inmates, and employees subject to the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, among other narrow exceptions.
All employees are entitled to accrue a minimum of one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked up to a cap. Employers with 15 or more employees may cap accrual and usage at 56 hours of paid sick leave per year; employers with fewer than 15 employees may cap accrual and usage at 40 hours of paid sick leave per year. Employers may set higher accrual rates, accrual limits, and usage limits. Exempt employees are assumed to work 40 hours per workweek for accrual purposes unless their normal workweek is fewer than 40 hours.
Employees will begin to accrue paid sick leave on July 1, 2025, or at the commencement of employment, whichever is later.
Paid sick leave carries over to the following year, but it does not affect the amount of leave an employee may use in any given year.
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