Revised Sick Leave Mandate Gets San Antonio City Council OK

San Antonio’s revised paid sick leave ordinance will now apply the same way across all businesses, regardless of size, signaling that all employers should be ready for implementation by Dec. 1.

All businesses will allow workers to accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked up to 56 hours per year, under the revised ordinance the San Antonio City Council passed in an 8-3 vote Oct. 3. The original ordinance separated maximum hours of leave by employer size, giving workers at large businesses 64 hours of leave and workers at small businesses 48 hours of leave. ...