This Law Firm Publication by Fisher & Phillips LLP discusses the San Diego City Council's recent certification of and amendments to the Minimum Wage and Sick Leave Ordinance. The amendments permit employers to cap an employee's total earned sick leave at 80 hours and frontload paid sick leave to employees at the beginning of each benefit year. The amendments also clarify how nonexempt and exempt employees should be paid for any workweek in which they use sick leave. Finally, the amendments clarify the notice requirements and impose additional penalties on employers for unlawful retaliation and other violations. The original requirements of the Ordinance became effective July 11, 2016. The amendments require a second read in 30 days before they become effective.