SB1826 —

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This bill amends the Texas statutes.

• CHAPTER 83. EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE Sec. 83.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission. (2) "Employee" means a person employed by an employer for compensation who works at least 80 hours in a calendar year. The term includes a person who works through an employment agency, as defined by Section 21.002, and a temporary help firm, as defined by Section 201.011. The term does not include a person who is: (A) an unpaid volunteer; or (B) an independent contractor. (3) "Employer" means a person who is engaged in an industry affecting commerce and who employs one or more employees. (4) "Family member" means: (A) a person related to an employee within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, as described by Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code; or (B) a person related to an employee by consanguinity or affinity who lives in the employee's household. (5) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code. (6) "Household" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.005, Family Code. (7) "Sexual assault" means any conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code. (8) "Stalking" means any conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code. Sec. 83.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply to an employer who is: (1) a state agency or political subdivision, as those terms are defined by Section 21.002; or (2) an agency of or a corporation wholly owned by the federal government. Sec. 83.003. PAID SICK LEAVE REQUIRED. Each employer shall provide paid sick leave annually to each employee in this state under the terms of this chapter. Sec. 83.004. PAID SICK LEAVE ACCRUAL AND CARRYOVER. (a) Paid sick leave under this chapter accrues beginning on the date of hire at a rate of one hour of paid sick leave for each 30 hours worked by an employee. (b) An employer may not limit the maximum number of hours of paid sick leave an employee may accrue to less than: (1) 64 hours per calendar year, if the employer employed at least 15 employees, not including family members, at any time during the preceding calendar year; or (2) 48 hours per calendar year, if the employer employed fewer than 15 employees, not including family members, at any time during the preceding calendar year. (c) Each employee is entitled to carry over not more than the number of hours specified in Subsection (b) of unused paid sick leave from the current calendar year to the following calendar year unless the employer elects to make paid sick leave available at the beginning of a year as provided by Section 83.005(c). (d) Sick leave hours carried over from a previous calendar year must be immediately available to the employee in the following calendar year. Sec. 83.005. ENTITLEMENT TO USE PAID SICK LEAVE; LIMITATIONS. (a) An employee is entitled to use accrued paid sick leave under this chapter 60 calendar days after the date of hire, unless the employer agrees to an earlier date. (b) An employee is not entitled to use accrued paid sick leave under this chapter on more than eight calendar days in any calendar year. (c) An employer may make immediately available to an employee at the beginning of a year, quarter, or other period the entire amount of paid sick leave that the employee is expected to accrue during the year, quarter, or other period. (d) At the employer's discretion, an employer may loan paid sick leave time to an employee in advance of accrual by the employee. (e) On the mutual consent of the employee and employer, an employee who chooses to work additional hours or shifts during the same or following pay period, instead of hours or shifts missed, does not use accrued paid sick leave. An employer may establish incentives to encourage employees to work additional hours or shifts as provided by this subsection instead of using accrued paid sick leave. (f) Unless an employee policy or collective bargaining agreement provides for the paym

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