Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (PSLO)

The San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance became effective on February 5, 2007.  All employers must provide paid sick leave to each employee (including temporary and part-time employees) who performs work in San Francisco.

• Frequently Asked Questions - Updated 09/28/07(PDF)
• Rules Implementing the Paid Sick Leave Ordinance – Posted 5/31/07 (PDF)
• Key Components of the Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (PDF)
• Fact Sheet - Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (PDFs)  English   Chinese   Spanish
• For more information, call 554-6271 or email PSL@sfgov.org

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• Sick Leave Ordinance, Administrative Code Chapter 12W

• Official Poster - Paid Sick Leave PDF Must be displayed at each workplace 
• Sample Employee Designated Person Form (Word) English Spanish Chinese 
• OLSE Complaint Form   English   Chinese   Spanish

• Mayor's Office of Economic & Workforce Development
• San Francisco Office of Small Business

• California Paid Family Leave Insurance Program
• California Department of Industrial Relations
• California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
• U.S. Department of Labor
• USPS Zip Code Lookup (note: 94128 is not covered by the law, nor is the Presidio)
• San Francisco's Paid Sick Leave Ordinance: Outcomes for Employers and Employees  by Robert Drago, Ph.D., Vicky Lovell, Ph.D. (February 2011)
  This study examines the effects of San Francisco's recent paid sick days legislation on employees and employers.