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AB112
AB112: Sick Leave for Family Care
Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 1:27 AM
In one sentence
This bill removes an exemption so that employees covered by union contracts can use their sick leave to care for immediate family members with medical needs.
What it does
- Removes the rule that lets employers skip giving sick leave rights to workers in collective bargaining agreements.
- Requires private employers who offer sick leave to let employees use it when a family member is ill, injured, or has a medical appointment.
- States that this law does not reduce any better benefits already given by union contracts, company policies, employment contracts, or other laws.
Who it affects
- Private employers who provide sick leave to their workers.
- Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements (union contracts).
- Members of an employee's immediate family with medical needs.
Limits and unknowns
- The new rules do not apply during the current term of union contracts signed before October 1, 2025.
- This bill was vetoed by the Governor and did not become law unless lawmakers later overrode that decision.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Collective Bargaining Agreement
- A contract between a union and an employer that sets the rules for wages, benefits, and working conditions.
- Immediate Family
- Includes children, foster children, spouses, domestic partners, siblings, parents, mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents, stepparents, or any person for whom the employee is a legal guardian.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Removes an exemption from provisions providing certain employees with the right to use sick leave to assist family members. (BDR 53-318)