"Department." The Department of Labor and Industry of the
Commonwealth.
"Employee." An individual who is employed by an employer
doing business in this Commonwealth.
"Employer." As defined in the act of January 17, 1968
(P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968.
"Family member." Any of the following:
(1) A biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild or
legal ward, a child of a domestic partner or a child to whom
the employee stands in loco parentis, regardless of age.
(2) A biological, foster, stepparent or adoptive parent
or legal guardian of an employee or an employee's spouse or
domestic partner or a person who stood in loco parentis when
the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner was
a minor child.
(3) A person to whom the employee is legally married
under the laws of any state or a domestic partner of an
employee as registered under the laws of any state or
political subdivision.
(4) A grandparent, grandchild or sibling, whether of a
biological, foster, adoptive or step relationship, of the
employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner.
(5) A person for whom the employee is responsible for
providing or arranging care, including helping that
individual obtain diagnostic, preventive, routine or
therapeutic health treatment.
(6) Any other individual related by blood or whose close
association with the employee is the equivalent of a family
relationship.
"Health care professional." A health care center or person,
including a corporation, university or other educational
institution licensed or approved by the Commonwealth to provide
health care or professional medical services as a physician,
certified nurse midwife, podiatrist, hospital, nursing home or
birth center or any other person licensed under Federal or State
law to provide medical or emergency services.
"Paid sick time." Time that is compensated at the same
hourly rate and with the same benefits, including health care
benefits, as the employee normally earns during hours worked and
is provided by an employer to an employee for the purposes of
section 110-D, but in no case shall this hourly amount be less
than the hourly amount under The Minimum Wage Act of 1968.
"Public health emergency." A threat to public health or
sufficient threat to be the subject of an emergency or disaster
declaration made by a Federal, State or local official with the
authority to declare the emergency.
"Public health emergency leave." Paid sick leave which must
be provided by an employer to an employee affected by a public
health emergency.
"Retaliatory personnel action." Denial of a right guaranteed
under this article or any actual or threatened discharge,
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