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Paid Sick Leave Laws by State: Who Must Provide It

Whether each state requires employers to provide paid sick leave, how much you accrue, who is covered, and where a city ordinance fills the gap the state leaves. Each cited to the statute.

6 of 50 states published. A growing set of states now require paid sick leave; many others have no state mandate, and a few even bar their cities from setting one.Here 3 require it. There is no federal mandate, so where the state does not act, a city ordinance may still. Every page links to the statute or the code it was read against.

Read this first: no federal mandate, so it is state by state

There is no federal law requiring private employers to give paid sick leave; the federal FMLA only protects your job during unpaid leave. So paid sick leave is set state by state, and increasingly city by city. Where a state requires it, leave usually accrues as you work, often one hour for every 30 worked, up to a yearly cap.

Two things surprise people. First, in a state with no mandate, a city ordinance may still require paid sick leave, so the answer can depend on where you work, not just the state. Second, a few states go the other way and preempt their cities, barring any local mandate. Every figure links to the statute, and pages still pending verification say so.

Pick your state

Whether leave is required, how it accrues, and the statute on each card.

C

CA
California
Required
In this state
Accrual and cap1 hr per 30 worked, 40 hr/yr
Statute§§245-249

F

FL
Florida
No state mandate
In this state
RequirementNo mandate; local preempted
Statute§218.077

I

IL
Illinois
Required
In this state
Accrual and cap1 hr per 40 worked, 40 hr/yr
Statute820 ILCS 192

N

NY
New York
Required
In this state
Accrual and cap1 hr per 30 worked, 40 to 56 hr/yr
Statute§196-b

P

PA
Pennsylvania
No state mandate
In this state
RequirementNo mandate; city ordinances only
StatutePa. Stat. tit. 43

T

TX
Texas
No state mandate
In this state
RequirementNo mandate; local struck down
StatuteTex. Labor Code

What these pages are, and what they aren't

Each state page is a reference for the paid sick leave rule and the neutral steps around it. They are deliberately not advice for your job: accrual, caps, employer size, and city ordinances all matter, so each page links to the statute or the code it was read against. This is legal information, not legal advice.