SB 8 — Expands Labor Code Section 4850 Benefits to Qualifying Peace Officers

The Labor Code provides that certain enumerated persons who are employed on a regular, full-time basis and who become disabled by injury or illness arising out of and in the course of their duties are entitled to a one-year leave of absence without loss of salary.

SB 8 expands the list of enumerated persons to include “peace officers,” as the term is defined in Penal Code section 830.31, employed by a county containing a population of between 600,000 and 650,000.

(SB 8 amends Section 4850 of the Labor Code.)