(1) (a) With agreement of the fund trustees, an employer signatory to a multiemployer collective bargaining agreement may fulfill its obligations under this part 4 by making contributions to a multiemployer paid sick leave fund, plan, or program based on the hours each of its employees accrues pursuant to this part 4 while working under the multiemployer collective bargaining agreement, if the fund, plan, or program enables employees to collect paid sick leave from the fund, plan, or program based on hours they have worked under the multiemployer collective bargaining agreement and for the purposes specified under this part 4.
(b) Employees who work under a multiemployer collective bargaining agreement into which their employers make contributions as provided in subsection (1)(a) of this section may collect from the paid sick leave fund, plan, or program based on hours they have worked under the multiemployer collective bargaining agreement and for the purposes specified under this part 4.
This part 4 does not apply to employees covered by a bona fide collective bargainingagreement in effect on July 14, 2020 if the collective bargaining agreement provides for equivalent or more generous paid sick leave for the employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement.
For employees covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement that is initially negotiated or negotiated for the next collective bargaining agreement after July 14, 2020, this part 4 does not apply to such employees if the requirements of this part 4 are expressly waived in the collective bargaining agreement and the collective bargaining agreement provides for equivalent or more generous paid sick leave for the employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement.
Source: L. 2020: Entire part added, (SB 20-205), ch. 294, p. 1456, § 1, effective July 14.