Employers in Dallas and San Antonio are on the verge of having
to provide your workers with paid sick leave – and these new
city ordinances are set to go into effect in the next few weeks.
When the legislative session came to a close on May 27, the state
legislature had failed to pass a bill that would have banned
municipal paid sick leave ordinances such as the ones passed in
Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio in 2018 despite Texas
employers’ high hopes.
There are only two possible ways the Dallas and San Antonio laws
could get sidetracked before the August 1, 2019, effective date.
Texas lawmakers could call a special legislative session, which
would allow them the opportunity to address the sick leave
preemption issue before the next scheduled session begins in
January 2021. Or the Dallas and San Antonio laws could be
challenged in court, like the Austin ordinance (which has been held
up by a legal dispute). However, given the short timeframe before
the laws go into
