COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES
Department of Human Resources | Occupational Health/Leave Management
Countywide Protected Leaves of Absence
COVID-19 SUPPLEMENTAL PAID SICK LEAVE/SB 114
(4) The employee is experiencing symptoms, or caring for a family member
experiencing symptoms, related to a COVID-19 vaccine or vaccine booster
that prevents the employee from being able to work or telework;
• For
each vaccination or vaccine booster, the maximum amount of
supplemental paid sick leave that can be used is three (3) days or
24 hours unless the employee provides verification from a health care
provider that the covered employee or their family member is continuing
to experience symptoms related to a COVID-
booster. This includes the time used to get the vacc
booster.
(5) The employee is experiencing symptoms of COVID-
medical diagnosis;
(6) The employee is caring for a family member who is subject to an order or
guidelines described in Qualifying Reason #1 or who has been advised to
self-quarantine or self-isolate, as described in Qualifying Reason #2;
(7) The employee is caring for a child whose school or place of care is closed
or otherwise unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19 on the premises;
or
(8)
The employee or a family member for whom the employee is providing
care tests positive for COVID-19. The employee must attest to a positive
COVID-19 test result when requesting SPSL. The County may request
proof of a positive COVID-19 test result.
of 2022
COVID-19
SPSL Hours
2022 COVID-19 SPSL is broken out into two (2) separate leave buckets:
In the first bucket, full-time employees are entitled to 40 hours of COVID-19 SPSL
for qualifying leave reasons one (1) through seven (7).
Upon providing an attestation of a positive COVID-
19 test result, hours will be
added to the second bucket. Full-time employees are entitled to an additional
40 hours of COVID-19 SPSL for Qualifying Reason #8. The County may request
proof of a positive COVID-19 test result.
An employee is not required to exhaust the first bucket of 40 hours of SPSL before
requesting to use the second bucket of 40 hours of SPSL available for a
COVID-19 positive test result.
Qualifying employees are paid at their regular rate of pay.
with Other
Employees are not required to use other accrued leaves prior to using this leave.
Use of this leave does not count against an employee’s other paid leave accrual
balances, such as accrued vacation leave, sick leave, etc.