(a) An employer may provide paid leave benefits to its employees that exceed the requirements of this chapter. This chapter does not require an employer who makes paid time off available to an employee under conditions that meet the purpose, accrual, yearly cap, and usage requirements of this chapter to provide additional earned paid sick time to that employee. This chapter does not require an employer to provide additional earned paid sick time to an employee if the employee has used paid time off that meets the requirements of this chapter for a purpose not specified in Section 20-5.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit an employer from granting earned paid sick time to an employee prior to accrual by the employee. (Ord. 31181)