Paid Sick Leave

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

The Paid Sick Leave was provided for parents caring for children during school closures

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Country

United States

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

The employee who was unable to work due to a bona fide need to care for a child under 18 years of age whose ECEC setting or school was closed or unavailable for COVID-19-related reasons

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

18/03/2020

End Date

N/A

Amount

100% of the person's normal salary up to $511 per day for two weeks

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Long, H. (2020) 'Paid sick leave: who gets it during the coronavirus outbreak', The Washington Post, 17 March, Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230109155627/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/16/paid-sick-leave-coronavirus-house-bill/ U.S. Department of Labour (n.d.) Families First Coronavirus Response Act: employee paid leave rights. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230109155730/https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave