Permissible Use of Paid Sick Leave a. Injury or illness of employees to such extent as to constitute a hazard to the safety or health of themselves or other employees.
Permissible Use of Paid Sick Leave. 1. Washington Paid Sick Leave (WPSL) may be used for the following authorized purposes:
Permissible Use of Paid Sick Leave. Eligible employees may use PST for the following reasons: • Diagnosis, care, or treatment of, or recovery from, an employee’s own mental or physical illness, injury, or other health condition, or for the employee’s own preventive medical care; • For care of an employee’s Family Member (as defined below) during diagnosis, care, or treatment of, or recovery from, the Family Member’s mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition, or for the Family Member’s preventive medical care; • For certain absences resulting from the employee or an employee’s Family Member being a victim of domestic or sexual violence, including to (a) obtain medical attention, services from a domestic violence or victim’s services organization, psychological or other counseling, or legal services, or (b) relocation; • Closure of the employee’s workplace or the school or place of childcare of the employee’s child by order of a public official due to a public health emergency or because of a state of emergency declared by the Governor due to an epidemic or other public health emergency; • For time needed by the employee to attend a school-related conference, meeting, function, or other event requested or required by a school responsible for the employee’s child’s education, or to attend a meeting regarding care provided to the employee’s child in connection with the child’s health conditions or disability; • A declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor, or the issuance by a health care provider or the Commissioner of Health or other public health authority, of a determination that the employee’s presence in the community, or that of a member of the employee’s family in need of care by them, would jeopardize the health of others; or • During a governor-declared state of emergency, or upon the recommendation, direction, or order of a healthcare provider or the Commissioner of Health or other authorized public official, the employee undergoes isolation or quarantine, or cares for a family member in quarantine, as a result of suspected exposure to a communicable disease and a finding by the provider or authority that the individual/family member’s presence in the community would jeopardize the health of others.
