(a) An employer shall grant an employee one hour of earned paid sick time for every 30 hours worked for the employer in the City of Dallas. Earned paid sick time shall accrue in one hour unit increments, unless an employer's written policies establish the accrual of earned paid sick time to be in fraction of an hour increments.
(b) Earned paid sick time shall accrue starting at the commencement of employment or either August 1, 2019, for an employer with more than five employees, or August 1, 2021, for an employer with not more than five employees at any time in the preceding 12 months, whichever is later.
(c) This chapter does not require an employer to provide an employee with more earned paid sick time in a year than the yearly cap provided in this section. This chapter does not require an employer to allow an employee to accrue more than the yearly cap of earned paid sick time in a year. An employer may inform an employee that leave requested in excess of the employee's available earned paid sick time will not be paid. The yearly cap for earned paid sick time under this chapter is:
(1) Sixty-four hours per employee per year for medium or large employers, unless the employer chooses a higher limit; and
(2) Forty-eight hours per employee per year for small employers, unless the employer chooses a higher limit;
(d) All available earned paid sick time up to the yearly cap provided in this section shall be carried over to the following year. Provided, that an employer that makes at least the yearly cap of earned paid sick time available to employees at the beginning of the year under the purpose and usage requirements of this chapter is not required to carry over earned paid sick time for that year.
(e) A written contract made pursuant to Title 29, Section 158(d) of the United States Code between an employer and a labor organization representing employees may modify the yearly cap requirement established in this section for employees covered by the contract if the modification is expressly stated in the contract.
(f) A successor must provide to an employee who was employed by a predecessor at the time of the acquisition and hired by the successor at the time of acquisition all earned paid sick time available to the employee immediately before the acquisition. (Ord. 31181)