Alaska § 23.10.068 - Limitations, notice, and violations related to paid sick leave benefit.

§ 23.10.068. Limitations, notice, and violations related to paid sick leave benefit.

 (a) Nothing in AS 23.10.066 — 23.10.067 shall be construed as:        (1) requiring financial reimbursement to an employee following the employee's termination, resignation, retirement, or other separation for unused paid sick leave, unless otherwise required by law;

 (2) preempting, limiting, or otherwise impacting the applicability of any other law, regulation, or policy providing more generous paid sick leave; or

 (3) prohibiting an employer from adopting or retaining a more generous paid sick leave policy or diminishing an employer's obligation to comply with any contract, agreement, employment benefit plan, or collective bargaining agreement providing more generous paid sick leave than required herein.

 (b) An employer found to violate AS 23.10.066 or 23.10.067 is liable for an employee's lost wages or damages as may be appropriate and allowable under state law to remedy the violation.

 (c) Employers shall give employees written notice of the following at the commencement of employment or within 30 days of this section's effective date, whichever is later: that beginning July 1, 2025, employees are entitled to paid sick leave and the amount of paid sick leave, the terms of its use guaranteed under AS 23.10.066 and 23.10.067, and that retaliation against employees who request or use paid sick leave is prohibited.

 (d) The rights and remedies under AS 23.10.066 and 23.10.067 may not be waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of employment; provided, however, that they shall not apply to employees covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement if the requirements are expressly waived in the collective bargaining agreement in clear and unambiguous terms.

 (e) Application to multiemployer collective bargaining agreements. An employer signatory to a multiemployer collective bargaining agreement may fulfill its obligations under AS 23.10.066 and 23.10.067 by making contributions to a multiemployer paid sick leave fund based on the hours each employee accrues pursuant to AS 23.10.066 while working under the multiemployer collective bargaining agreement, if the fund enables employees to collect paid sick leave from the fund based on hours they have worked under the multiemployer collective bargaining agreement and for the purposes specified in AS 23.10.067 .