Under Philadelphia’s Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces Ordinance, employees who work at least 40 hours within the City in a year are entitled to paid sick time. All employers must provide eligible employees with paid sick time at the accrual rate of one hour for every 40 hours worked, capped at 40 hours in a calendar year. Employees may use this time for their own or a family member’s health care, for reasons related to domestic abuse or sexual assault, or for a public health emergency. The Ordinance excludes independent contractors, seasonal employees (hired for less than 16 weeks), adjunct professors, employees hired for a term of less than six months, interns, pool employees, State and Federal employees, and most employees covered by a bona fide Collective Bargaining Agreement (though probationary employees under a CBA are now covered).
The poster covers:
- the right to sick time,
- the amount of sick time,
- examples of violations under the Ordinance,
- the terms of its use under the Ordinance, and
- the right to file a complaint or bring an action if sick time is denied or retaliated against for requesting sick time.
Posting Requirements
Every covered employer must provide employees and new hires with a written notice of their sick time rights. Employers may satisfy this notification requirement by either distributing the notice to each employee or by displaying a poster in a conspicuous and accessible place in each establishment. The written notice or poster must be in English and in any language that is the first language spoken by at least 5% of the employer’s workforce.
