SB 2423

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI SICK AND SAFE LEAVE ACT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY; TO PROVIDE APPLICABLE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR ACCRUAL OF EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE; TO ESTABLISH PROPER USES OF EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE; TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS FROM VIOLATING EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ESTABLISHED IN THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF PAID SICK AND SAFE LEAVE UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO RETAIN RECORDS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TO REGULATE AND ENFORCE THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONDISCLOSURE STANDARDS; TO ENCOURAGE AND ALLOW MORE GENEROUS EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE POLICIES; TO PROVIDE A LEGAL BASELINE FOR PAID SICK LEAVE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.