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In 2017, Arizona passed the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, which requires all Arizona employers to provide paid sick leave (PSL) to their employees, whether they work full-time or part-time or on a permanent, temporary, or occasional basis. (A number of other US states have passed paid sick leave laws.)  Employers with fewer than 15 employees (including full-time, part-time and temporary employees) are required to provide at least 24 hours of annual PSL, whereas employers with 15 or more employees are required to provide at least 40 hours of annual PSL. Employers may award PSL hours in a lump sum at the start of the year, or employees may accrue PSL at a rate of no less than one hour for every 30 hours worked up to the statutory cap or a more generous accrual cap in employers’ discretion. Although there are provisions requiring rollover of unused hours, employers can limit annual PSL usage at 24 or 40 hours. Employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees fo...