Public and private employers with 11-24 employees in Connecticut will need to comply with the CT Paid Sick Leave Law (CPSLL) by January 1, 2026. This law requires employers to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave in a year. It is distinct from the CT Family and Medical Leave Act and CT Paid Leave laws, generally providing for up to 12 weeks of leave for specified reasons.
Employers with 11-24 employees in Connecticut must take steps to comply with the CPSLL by January 1, 2026, including updating sick leave or PTO policies as needed and posting workplace notices.
The CPSLL sets forth detailed rules regarding accrual, usage, and carryover of sick leave. Notably, even employers with generous amounts of sick leave available may run afoul of the law if they are not attentive to other details of the law, such as the inability to require advance notice of a callout or to require documentation to support the leave.
Read our update here to learn more about details of the CPSLL. Whether you will be subject to this law for the first time on January 1, 2026, or need to update your policies to comply with the law, we can guide you through the process. If the tangle of leave entitlements has you overwhelmed, we can provide one-on-one guidance to prepare you for these changes. Please contact us to request a policy review and update.