Most employees in San Francisco (and throughout California) receive one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is now considering an ordinance that would broaden the availability of paid sick leave to domestic workers by establishing a “portable” paid sick leave system.
The “Domestic Workers’ Equal Access to Paid Sick Leave Through a Portable System” ordinance would require any employer of domestic workers, including individual households, to provide their workers with paid time off through a portable benefits system.
Under the current version of the proposed ordinance, a domestic worker includes an individual who provides labor or services in a residence caring for a child; serving as a companion, or providing other non-medical care or services for a sick, convalescing, disabled, or senior person; cleaning, cooking, providing food or butler service, gardening, personal organizing, or performing other in-home personal or domestic service. A domestic worker also includes an individual who as part of their employment or contract resides in the personal residence of the hiring entity.
A “hiring entity” is defined as any person who directly or indirectly or through an agent or any other person, including through the services of a temporary service or staffing agency contracts with or hires a domestic worker.
Under the proposal, a hiring entity shall without regard to the employment classification of the domestic worker,...
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