Paid Sick Leave (U.S.)
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.
State and Local Mandate Charts
- Overview of Paid Sick Time Laws in the United States (A Better Balance, 7/8/2026)
- Paid Sick Leave Laws by State: The Chart, Map, & Accrual Info You Need (Patriot Software, 6/5/2026)
- Paid Sick Leave Laws by State for 2026 (Paycor, 11/18/2025)
- Roundup: State accrued paid leave mandates (Mercer, 6/23/2025)
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State Action
- Alaska - How Do Alaska’s Final Paid Sick Leave Rules Differ from the Proposed Rules? (Littler, 9/26/2025)
- Arizona - Arizona's Paid Sick Day Requirements - Effective July 1, 2017 (Dickinson Wright, June 2017)
- California - California Updates Paid Sick Leave FAQs: What Employers Need to Know (Proskauer, 12/16/2024)
- Connecticut - Connecticut Expands Its Paid Sick Leave Mandate (Vorys, 12/23/2024)
- District of Columbia - District of Columbia Greatly Expands Paid Sick Leave Coverage, Enforcement, and Penalties with Amendments to the Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act (Littler, 2/14/2014)
- Illinois - Illinois Employers Must Provide 40 Hours of Paid Leave for Any Reason (Arent Fox Schiff, 3/14/2023)
- Maine - Maine DOL Issues Final Mandatory Paid Leave Rules (Ogletree Deakins, 9/18/2020)
- Maryland - Maryland Becomes the Latest State to Require Paid Sick and Safe Leave (Littler, 1/17/2018)
- Massachusetts - Massachusetts’ Earned Sick Time Law Now Covers Pregnancy Loss: What Employers Need to Know (Jackson Lewis, 11/4/2024)
- Michigan - Hold on Tight: Last-Minute Changes to Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (Ogletree Deakins, 2/21/2025)
- Minnesota - Minnesota Adopts Paid Sick and Safe Time Rules (Littler, 7/8/2026)
- Missouri - Missouri's Paid Sick Leave Repeal: FAQs and What Employers Need to Know Now (Husch Blackwell, 8/26/2025)
- Nebraska - Nebraska Paid Sick Time Law Goes Into Effect (Seyfarth, 10/1/2025)
- Nevada - Nevada Mandates Paid Leave for Workers to Use for Any Reason (Epstein Becker Green, 7/16/2019)
- New Jersey - Paid Sick Leave Final Rules Blossom our of Garden State After 1+ Years of Silence (Seyfarth, 1/24/2020)
- New Mexico - New Mexico's Paid Sick Leave Law Becomes Effective on July 1, 2022 (Ogletree Deakins, 6/29/2022)
- New York - New York Department of Labor Releases Final Regulations for State Sick Leave Law (Littler, 12/28/2021)
- Oregon - Oregon Expands Reasons Employees Can Use Paid Sick Leave to Include Blood Donation (Littler, 6/5/2025)
- Rhode Island - Rhode Island Is the Latest State to Require Paid Sick Leave (Epstein Becker Green, 12/12/2017)
- Vermont - Vermont Becomes Fifth State to Enact Paid Sick Leave Law (Seyfarth, 3/17/2016)
- Virginia - Virginia Significantly Broadens Statewide Paid Sick Leave Requirements with Enactment of New Law (Seyfarth, 5/21/2026)
- Washington - Washington State Expands Paid Sick Leave Law To Include Coverage for Immigration Proceedings and Hate Crime Victims (Foley & Lardner LLP, 8/11/2025)