Pittsburgh Paid Sick Leave Law Revived by State Supreme Court

The Pittsburgh City Council can require businesses to give workers paid sick leave, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled July 17.

The ruling overturns lower court decisions that said the city’s ordinance violated the state’s Home Rule Charter law, which limits local authority to regulate businesses.

The paid sick leave ordinance should be allowed because it works to further the purpose of the state’s Disease Prevention and Control Law, the Pennsylvania high court said. “We find in the DPCL a holistic scheme that, for purposes of disease prevention and control, favors local regulation as informed by the expertise of a dedicated ...