SB 5979: Concerning accrued leave for construction workers.
Signed into law: Chapter 39, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Keiser
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 39 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 3/13/2024. (March 13, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Limits the requirement for a construction industry employer to pay a separating worker for accrued and unused sick leave to when the worker performed service, maintenance, or construction work on a jobsite, in the field, or in a fabrication shop using the tools of the worker's trade or craft.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 202496 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 6, 202448 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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