Title
AN ACT CONCERNING SICK LEAVE - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS for the purpose of providing for certain mandated paid sick leave for a County employee or employee's family member at legal proceedings; providing for certain definitions; providing for verification of certain sick leave; and generally regarding County personnel law and legal proceedings.
Background
This bill provides for mandated paid sick leave for a County employee or employee's family member at certain legal, judicial, administrative, and immigration proceedings, allowing for the employee or the employee’s family member to prepare for, or participate in, any legal, judicial, administrative, or immigration proceeding involving the employee or employee's family member. It adds a definition of "legal proceeding" and provides a section-specific definition of "family member" and "employee." It provides for the verification of the permissible use of sick leave, and provides that the provision of documentation does not waive or diminish the confidential or privileged nature of communications between an employee or an employee's family member and one or more of the individuals, and further provides that the documentation or written statement must not disclose any personally identifiable information about a person's legal or immigration status or underlying legal or immigration protection.