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A new law recently enacted by President Obama will grant paid sick leave to employees of federal contractors. The new policy will be instituted in January 2017 and will extend eligibility for paid medical leave to approximately 300,000 workers previously exempt from this benefit. It will also increase the permissible amount of paid sick leave taken by those who already have this privilege.

The executive order dictates that employees of federal contractors are entitled to seven paid sick days annually. The law further specifies acceptable causes that warrant the use of paid medical leave, including personal illness, the care of a sick family member and extenuating circumstances due to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Moreover, the law states that an employee’s ability to take medical leave does not depend on successfully arranging for someone to cover his shift. The law aims to protect employees’ rights by categorically prohibiting discrimination and other forms of retaliation against those who seek permission to take paid medical leave.

Deliberations are underway, as lawmakers determine how to handle violations of the sick leave law. Although the law is still in its infancy, attorneys view it as a new source of litigation because it might conflict with sick leave policies devised by companies, or those implemented by states and cities. For example, according to the new law, paid sick days that employees have not used up extend to the following year. This might contradict company policies that prohibit the accumulation of sick days from one year to the next. Under the new law, employees might be forced to supply a doctor’s note on fewer occasions to prove that they were absent from work for legitimate medical reasons. This regulation might clash with company policies that require a doctor’s note for all medical leave.

President Obama has proposed an expansion of paid sick leave to a greater number of Americans in the private sector workforce, as approximately 44 million workers are currently barred from receiving paid medical leave. The president advocates legislation that would mandate all businesses with at least 15 employees grant workers 7 paid sick days annually. White House representatives contend that instituting paid family and medical leave will have positive effects for companies, by decreasing turnover, maximizing productivity and preventing lost productivity resulting from the transmission of contagious infection and illness in the workplace.

 

O’Connor,Parsons, Lane & Noble has significant experience handling employment law cases that entail violations of the Law Against Discrimination in New Jersey. If your employer has taken adverse action against you by demoting you, reducing your salary, suspending you or wrongfully terminating you in retaliation for having requested medical leave, you will likely be able to file an employment law claim on the grounds of disability discrimination. If your employer has discriminated against you due to a medical condition and has failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to modify your job and facilitate your participation in the work environment, you may have recourse to the law to obtain a just settlement.