​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

• California Enacts (Retroactive) 2021 Emergency Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law [Littler]
• Paid Leave Tax Credits under the American Rescue Plan Act [Armstrong Teasdale]
• The American Rescue Plan Expands Employer Payroll Tax Credits For COVID-19 Related Leave [Cozen O'Connor]
• Update: Colorado Issues Clarifying Rules on Public Health Emergency Paid Sick Leave [Epstein Becker Green]
• Keeping it Local to Extend COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinances [Proskauer]
• President Biden's American Rescue Plan Would Reinstate and Expand Federally Mandated Paid Sick and FMLA Leave [Hinshaw]
• New York State Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Quarantine Leave [Davis Wright Tremaine]
• Los Angeles County Imposes Retroactive COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave [Seyfarth Shaw]
• California COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave in 2021 [Jackson Lewis]
• 10 Months After Enacting the COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law, New York Issues Guidance Impacting a Majority of its Employers [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]

• States, Cities Tackle COVID-19 Paid Leave [Mercer]

• Seattle Passes Ordinance Providing COVID-19 Paid Sick and Safe Time for Gig Workers [Littler] 

• 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 mandates continue to expand at state level [Mercer]
• 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]