Implementation of the City of San Antonio’s paid sick leave ordinance has been delayed pending a legal challenge, less than two weeks before the ordinance’s scheduled effective date of August 1, 2019.

On July 15, 2019, the Texas Attorney General and about a dozen business groups filed suit against the City, alleging that the paid

San Antonio, Texas has become the latest jurisdiction to enact a law providing eligible employees with paid leave for their own medical needs, those of family members, and for other covered reasons.  The new Ordinance is scheduled to take effect on August 1, 2019 for employers with more than five employees, and on August 1,