NYC Earned Sick Time Act Updates

Proposed Changes to Sick Time Rules and Creation of New Enforcement Agency

Yesterday, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs ("DCA") held a public hearing on proposed updates to the Earned Sick Time Act ("ESTA") Rules.  The proposed Rules, if adopted, would clarify certain aspects of ESTA, and impose additional compliance burdens on employers covered under ESTA.  For more information on ESTA's requirements, see our earlier posts here and here.

The proposed Rules would specifically affect the following substantive topics:

• ESTA definitions, namely by adding a definition of "temporary help firm" (Section 7-01 of the Rules);
• Determining business size under ESTA (Section 7-02 of the Rules);