California Labor Guidance
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Whether undifferentiated PTO counts as sick leave for Kin Care and is subject to vacation vesting
A law firm asked whether an employer's undifferentiated paid-time-off (PTO) bank — which lets employees take days off for any reason without distinguishing vacation from sick time — counts as sick lea…
Pre-existing, firm-wide sabbatical programs get a narrow exception from Suastez
An attorney followed up on DLSE's July 13, 1987 letter (1987.07.13-1) to ask about a sabbatical leave program offered to all employees of a firm, not just senior managers. DLSE reaffirmed that a firm-…
Criteria for a sabbatical leave program to fall outside Suastez and Section 227.3
An attorney asked DLSE whether Labor Code Section 227.3 and the Suastez decision apply to a client's sabbatical leave program. DLSE opined that a true sabbatical, defined as paid leave for travel, res…
Traditional sabbatical leave generally falls outside Suastez, decided case-by-case
A company president asked DLSE how the Suastez decision and Interpretive Bulletin 86-3 apply to sabbatical leave. DLSE explained that sabbatical leave is generally not covered by Suastez, assuming it …
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These are official interpretive documents from California's labor agency: opinion letters answering questions from employers and workers, administrative policies, and interpretive notices. They show how the agency applies wage-and-hour and workplace law to real situations, but they are guidance, not statutes or court decisions, and the agency can supersede or withdraw them. Every page above shows the document's current status, when that status was last verified, and a link to the official source.