The question that arose at the HEC, was "what if an employee works three 12-hour days a week, are they allowed 10 days or 120 hours of paid leave?" The quick answer is no, Wage Standards Division interprets the law to allow 6 days of paid leave, in the example asked.
Our analysis had to look at the intent of the law. The law entitles employees to a total of 4 weeks leave with an option of 10 working days, or two work weeks, or half of the entitlement, for the employee to use paid accrued or available sick leave. If an employee works 3 days a week, the four week period would be twelve days, and half of that is 6 days. So the number of days (6) times the amount of hours worked each day (12) would mean the employee would be allowed 72 hours of paid accrued and available sick leave. If an employee works a variable schedule, to determine how many days are allowed use an average amount of days worked per week, and allow two weeks worth.
Finally, HB 884, 2012 Regular Legislative Session, that potentially added "Sibling" to the people an employee could be caring for with a serious health condition, did not pass out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, so there is no change to the HFLL.
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