North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S622: Healthy Families & Workplaces/Paid Sick Leave.
Status: In committee, March 26, 2025
What the bill says
An act providing for healthy families and healthy workplaces by ensuring that all workers have earned paid sick days to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES AND HEALTHY WORKPLACES BY ENSURING THAT ALL WORKERS HAVE EARNED PAID SICK DAYS TO ADDRESS THEIR OWN HEALTH NEEDS AND THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES. Whereas, nearly every worker in North Carolina is likely to need, during any given year, time off to attend to his or her own illness or that of an immediate family member or for routine medical care; and Whereas, paid sick days have been shown to slow the spread of COVID-19, saving lives and reducing the strain on North Carolina's medical system; and Whereas, paid sick days are a first line of defense in any contagious disease outbreak; and Whereas, many high-contact industries where contagious illnesses are most likely to spread are also those with the lowest paid sick days access rates in North Carolina, including the child care, home- and facility-based senior care, and food and drink sectors; and Whereas, North Carolinians working in low-wage industries are both least likely to have access to paid sick days and least able to afford to take time off for illness without pay; and Whereas, working North Carolinians who are Black and Latino are less likely to have access to employer-provided paid sick days; and Whereas, the lack of paid sick days contributes to workforce …
Sponsors
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42) · primary sponsor
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22) · primary sponsor
- Salvador, DeAndrea (D, 39) · primary sponsor
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13)
- Mayfield, Julie (D, 49)
- Meyer, Graig (D, 23)
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38)
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20)
- Robinson, Gladys A. (D, 28)
- Waddell, Joyce (D, 40)
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: COUNCIL OF STATE, LABOR COMMISSIONER, EMPLOYMENT, COMMERCE, PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH, PERSONNEL, SALARIES & BENEFITS
Common questions
- What is S622?
- S622 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Healthy Families & Workplaces/Paid Sick Leave.
- What does S622 do?
- In its own words: An act providing for healthy families and healthy workplaces by ensuring that all workers have earned paid sick days to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
- What is the status of S622?
- In committee as of March 26, 2025. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (March 26, 2025).
- Who sponsored S622?
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S622?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S622
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