Unpaid Sick Time Policy
(Hotel Workers) (Los Angeles)

Summary

This is a sick leave policy that sets forth hotel workers' entitlement to unpaid sick leave in Los Angeles under the Los Angeles Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. It is intended for private employers. The template's language has been customized to comply with California, Los Angeles, and federal law. For a full listing of key content covering leaves for employees, see Leaves for Employees Resource Kit. For a full listing of key content covering leaves for employees in California, see Leaves for Employees Resource Kit (CA). For a non-jurisdictional employee handbook, see Employee Handbook. For an employee handbook supplement for California employers containing customized workplace policies based on California state and local laws, see Employee Handbook Supplement (CA). For more information on California laws concerning paid sick leave, see Leave Law (CA), Sick Leave Management (CA), and Paid Sick Leave State and Local Law Survey (Private Employers). For more information on drafting paid sick leave policies, see Sick Leave Policies: Key Drafting Tips, Paid Sick Leave Policies Checklist (Best Drafting Practices for Employers), Paid Time Off (PTO) Policies: Key Drafting Tips, and Attendance, Time-Off, and Leave of Absence Policies: Best Drafting and Administration Practices. For tracking of recent laws governing sick leave in California and other key federal, state, and local Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker Archive (2021).