Requiring employers to provide additional paid leave to employees during certain public health emergencies—including Spare the Air days—Proposition G is not tied to the COVID-19 pandemic or other specific health emergency, unlike prior leave laws. Voted into law by San Franciscans in June 2022, the new ordinance goes into effect on October 1, 2022.
Which Employers Are Covered by the Ordinance?
The ordinance requires employers with 100 or more employees worldwide to provide public health emergency leave (PHEL) to their San Francisco employees. So, if an employer has 100 employees worldwide, but only 20 are located in San Francisco, the employer is required to comply with the new ordinance by providing public health emergency leave to its San Francisco employees.
The ordinance excludes specified non-profit organizations that are not engaged in healthcare operations, and government entities other than the City and County of San Francisco.
The ordinance will also not apply to employees covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement that expressly waives the ordinance's requirements in clear and unambiguous terms.
Under What Circumstances Can an Employee Use Public Health Emergency Leave?
San Francisco employees may use PHEL for themselves or, under certain circumstances, to care for or assist a "family member" (i.e., child, parent, legal guardian, sibling, grandparent, spouse, domestic partner, or another designated person if the employee has no spouse or domestic...
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