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Paid sick leave: Pennsylvania

Learn Pennsylvania’s sick leave requirements, including how employer policies and local ordinances shape employee access to paid or unpaid sick time.

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by Michelle Barrett Falconer and Susie Wine, Littler

Staying compliant in Pennsylvania means navigating a complex patchwork of local sick leave laws—and HR teams can’t afford to miss a requirement.

Our guide gives HR professionals the clear, practical direction they need to confidently manage sick leave compliance across jurisdictions—helping you reduce risk, protect your workforce, and strengthen your organization’s reputation as a responsible, employee‑focused employer.

In this guide, learn about:

  • Paid sick leave
  • Local requirements
    • Allegheny County paid sick leave
    • Philadelphia paid sick leave
    • Pittsburgh paid sick leave
  • Future developments

Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.

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Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania

Latest updates

Updated to reflect revised guidelines for administering the Pittsburgh paid sick leave law, effective January 1, 2026.

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About the author

Littler

Littler, the largest global employment and labor law practice, exclusively represents the global employer community in all aspects of employment and labor law. Littler litigates, mediates and negotiates some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.

Littler’s practice areas are extensive and their expertise crosses over multiple industries and spans a wide array of employment law areas such as discrimination and harassment, labor management relations, executive compensation, ERISA and benefit plan litigation, leaves of absence and disability accommodation, hiring, performance management and termination, employment practices audits and wage and hour.

Littler is the exclusive author of Brightmine’s prestigious Employee Handbook. Their experience with preparing employee handbooks and their ongoing contributions to Brightmine in the areas of federal and state leaves of absence, disabilities and multistate employer issues made them a natural fit to partner with us on the creation of a robust set of model handbook policy statements and guidance for federal, state and key municipalities.

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