Nevada workers would be paid for sick leave under Demo bill

By SANDRA CHEREB LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU

10 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, talks about the Democratic agenda to help the middle class during a news conference outside the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City on March 9, 2015. To the right is Assembly Minority Leader Marilyn Kirkpatrick D-North Las Vegas. (Tim Dunn/Las Vegas Review-Journal file)

CARSON CITY — Employers would have to provide paid sick leave for workers under a bill introduced Thursday in the Nevada Senate.

Under the measure sponsored by state Sen. Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, and the entire Democratic caucuses in the Senate and Assembly, employers would have to allow workers to accrue at least one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

Employees could use the time if they’ve been on the job for at least 90 days.

Senate Bill 259 also would allow employers to limit use of paid sick leave to 24 hours per year and cap the accrual at 48 hours.

The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor.

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