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Friday, December 28, 2007; Page B01

Under the proposed Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act, District employers would be required to provide paid leave to all workers to care for themselves or family members. Employees could take paid days off because of health reasons, domestic violence or sexual abuse. The number of days, which an employee could earn, would depend on the size of the employer. Here is the proposed scale showing the size of the employer by its number of workers, the leave to be provided and the number of hours that could be earned annually by full-time employees if working eight-hour days:

51 or more: One hour of paid leave for every 37 hours worked, not to exceed 7 days.

31-50:

One hour of paid leave for every 43 hours worked, not to exceed 6 days.

11-30:

One hour of paid leave for every 52 hours worked, not to exceed 5 days.

10 or fewer: One hour of paid leave for every 87 hours worked, not to exceed 3 days.