No. paid sick leave is accrued by one hour every thirty hours worked.
You may accrue as many hours as your employer’s policy allows. However, the employer is only required to carry over a maximum of 64 accrued hours. Also, the employer is only required to permit an employee to use 64 hours of paid sick leave per year, regardless of how many hours the employee has accrued.
Yes. Part-time employees accrue paid sick leave at the same rate as full-time employees: one hour for every thirty hours worked. If an employer chooses to frontload hours for a part-time employee, the employer is still required to frontload a minimum of 64 hours.
No. If an employer has a policy that permits employees to choose to have their unused sick leave paid out at the end of the year instead of carrying over, they must pay employees according to their full hourly rate. However, an employer is not required to give employees the option to cash out unused sick leave instead of carrying it over into the next year.