New FAQs provide employers in San Francisco with answers about the calculation and payment of supplemental compensation for employees on covered military leave under the Military Leave Pay Protection Act (MLPPA). The FAQs also address notice to employees about their MLPPA rights and responsibilities. These FAQs will look familiar to employers subject to the Paid Parental Leave Ordinance.

San Francisco’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) published FAQs concerning the new Military Leave Pay Protection Act (MLPPA), which took effect on February 19, 2023 and requires employers with 100 or more employees (worldwide) to supplement covered employees’ pay during a covered employee’s qualifying military leave for up to 30 days each calendar year. These FAQs are likely just the beginning, as we anticipate OLSE will continue to expand its list of questions and answers pertaining to the MLPPA, and will adopt regulations implementing the ordinance. In the interim, the FAQs should help covered employers better understand their MLPPA responsibilities so they can process requests for supplemental compensation that may occur during the first days or weeks after the ordinance takes effect.

For employers subject to the Paid Parental Leave Ordinance, a separate San Francisco ordinance that requires “supplemental compensation,” the standards in the FAQs will look familiar. Similarly, for employers subject to San Francisco’s numerous other employment-related ordinances, many...

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