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Rules Committee reenacts emergency public health leave for large employers
Summary
The Rules Committee unanimously recommended reenacting an emergency ordinance requiring private employers with 500 or more employees to provide two additional weeks of public health emergency leave during the COVID-19 emergency; committee record says the reenactment is for 60 days to prevent coverage gaps and would affect an estimated 200,000 workers.
The San Francisco Rules Committee on a unanimous vote moved to recommend to the full Board an emergency ordinance that temporarily requires private employers with 500 or more employees to provide public health emergency leave during the COVID-19 emergency.
Sponsor Supervisor Gordon Marr said the reenactment provides two additional weeks of paid leave for workers who are sick, caring for a loved one, unable to work due to shelter-in-place, or are members of vulnerable populations; healthcare workers may use it to reduce transmission risk if symptomatic. Marr said the ordinance closes a federal Families First Coronavirus Relief Act loophole that left large employers out of the federal expanded leave requirement.
Marr told the committee the reenactment restores coverage for an estimated 200,000 San Franciscans employed by large companies and reenacts the policy for 60 days to avoid gaps. There were no callers for public comment on this item. The committee recorded roll-call votes in favor: Supervisor Stephanie — Aye; Supervisor Marr — Aye; Chair Ronan — Aye. The motion passed and the item will be forwarded to the full Board.
Provenance: Sponsor remarks and clerk's reading of the item established scope and intent; committee vote recorded.
