Oakland also has its own paid sick leave ordinance. Employees who perform at least 2 hours of work in a particular week within Oakland are entitled to accrue paid sick leave.
Covered employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work. Small businesses defined as having less than 10 employees who work for compensation in a given week, may cap paid sick leave hours at 40 hours, and all other employers may cap paid sick leave at 72 hours.
Employers must allow employees to use accrued paid sick leave in their “bank” in the following instances:
When an employee is physically or mentally unable to perform his/her duties due to illness, injury, pregnancy, or medical condition;
To obtain a professional diagnosis or treatment of his/her medical condition or undergo a physical examination; and
To aid or care for a child, parent, legal guardian or ward, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, spouse, registered domestic partner, or a “designated person” who is ill, injured, or receiving medical care, treatment or diagnosis.
A “designated person” is defined as an individual the employee designates to provide care for the employee if the employee does not have a spouse or registered domestic partner. See the city of Oakland website for more information.