Section 126.

Employers shall provide part-time employees with the same starting hourly wage as that provided to starting full-time employees who hold jobs that require equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions. Pay differentials between part-time and full-time employees are permissible if such differentials are based on reasons other than the part-time status of the employee. This section shall not affect the minimum hourly requirements for receipt of benefits including, but not limited to, health care benefits.

   Employers shall provide part-time employees with proportional access to employer-provided paid and unpaid time off, including sick leave, personal leave and vacation leave, as that afforded to full-time employees for the same job classification. A part-time employee's eligibility for employer-provided paid or unpaid time off may be pro-rated based on

the number of hours that the part-time employee works.

   Employers shall provide part-time employees with the same eligibility for promotions as that afforded to full-time employees for the same job classification, provided that an employer may condition eligibility for promotion on the employee's availability for full-time employment and on reasons other than the part-time status of the employee, such as the nature and amount of work experience.

   Employers shall provide part-time employees with the same pro-rated eligibility for other benefits as that afforded to full-time employees for the same job classification.

(Enacted November 8, 2016.)