Connecticut Expands Paid Sick Leave Law

Existing Law

Effective October 1, 2023

Connecticut law requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide paid sick leave to hourly “service employees” for the following reasons:

• Their own illness, injury, or health condition; the medical diagnosis or treatment of a condition; or preventative care.
• Their child's or spouse's illness, injury, or health condition; the medical diagnosis or treatment of their child's or spouse's condition; or preventative care for a child or spouse.
• Victims of family violence or sexual assault are entitled to paid leave for medical care or counseling, to obtain services from a victim services organization, to relocate because of the incident, or to participate in any civil or criminal proceedings related to the incident.

Eligible service employees may also use paid sick leave for the following reasons:

• A day during which a service worker attends to their emotional and psychological well-being in lieu of attending a regularly scheduled shift.
• If they are a parent or guardian of a child who is a victim of family violence or sexual assault, provided the employee isn’t the (alleged) perpetrator.