​Paid Sick Leave

An increasing number of organizations are offering their employees sick leave, whether paid or unpaid. There is currently no federal requirement that employers offer employees paid sick leave if they or family members fall ill and are unable to work. Many states and municipalities now mandate paid sick leave. The International Foundation will keep you up to date on the changing paid sick leave landscape.

Coronavirus

• San Jose Revises Emergency Paid Sick Leave Law While Other California Localities Take Steps Toward Similar Action [Littler]
• Temporary FFCRA Leave Requirements End in 2020 but Tax Credit Extended Through March 2021 [Davis Wright Tremaine]
• Congress Makes Additional Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Optional [Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt]
• COVID-19 Leave Arrives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [Jackson Lewis]
• Philadelphia Pandemic Laws Require Additional Paid Leave for Employees and Gig Workers, Other Pay and Benefits for Healthcare Workers [Littler]
• California Expands COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Requirements [Littler]
• States, Cities Tackle COVID-19 Paid Leave [Mercer]
• How do you apply FMLA+ given new school year policies? [Lockton]

• Colorado Employers Face Two Rounds Of New Paid Sick Leave Requirements [Fisher Phillips]
• D.C. Amends Emergency Paid Leave Amendments [Littler]
• Seattle Passes Ordinance Providing COVID-19 Paid Sick and Safe Time for Gig Workers [Littler] 

• HEROES Act would expand FFCRA leave [J.J. Keller & Associates]

• FAQ: Families First Coronavirus Response Act [Cozen O'Connor]
• Law Enacted to Enable Free Coronavirus Testing and Expand Paid Leave: Families First Coronavirus Response Act [International Foundation]

State Action

• Ariz. - Arizona's Paid Sick Day Requirements - Effective July 1, 2017 [Dicksinson Wright]
• Calif. - California Amends Its Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Law [McDermott Will & Emery]
• Colo. - Colorado Employers Face Two Rounds Of New Paid Sick Leave Requirements [Fisher Phillips]
• Conn. - Connecticut Employers and the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Act [Kainen Escalera and McHale]
• D.C. - District of Columbia Greatly Expands Paid Sick Leave Coverage, Enforcement, and Penalties with Amendments to the Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act [Littler]
• Maine - Maine Becomes the First State to Mandate Paid Leave for Any Reason [Ogletree Deakins]
• Md. - Everything Employers Need to Know About Maryland’s New Sick and Safe Leave Law [Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr]
• Mass. - Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Final Earned Sick Leave Regulations With Substantial Revisions [Ogletree Deakins]
• Mich. - Michigan’s Paid Medical Leave Act – A Year Out [Wilson Elser]
• Nev. - Nevada Mandates Paid Leave for Workers to Use for Any Reason [Epstein Becker Green]
• N.J. - If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 80: Paid Sick Leave Final Rules Blossom out of Garden State After 1+ Years of Silence [Seyfarth]
• N.Y. - New York Employees May Begin Taking Paid Sick Leave January 1, 2021 [Foley Hoag]
• Oreg. - Oregon Amends Sick Leave Law: 5 Key Clarifications [Stoel Rives]
• R.I. - Rhode Island Is the Latest State to Require Paid Sick Leave [Epstein Becker Green]
• Vt. - If Pain, Yes Gain—Part XVIII: Vermont Becomes Fifth State to Enact Paid Sick Leave Law [Seyfarth]
• Wash. - Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Become Available for Employee Use [Seyfarth]

State and Local Mandate Charts 

• Paid Sick Leave [National Conference of State Legislatures]
• California State and City Paid Sick Leave Laws [Fox Rothschild]
• Paid Sick Days – State and District Statutes [National Partnership for Women & Families]
• Overview of Paid Sick Time Laws in the United States [A Better Balance]

Trends and Recent Developments

• Trends in States Mandating Sick Leave Policies [HR Daily Advisor]
• Paid sick leave continues to trend across the U.S. – here’s what you need to know [Ceridian]