The Job Quality team at CLASP has created additional COVID-19 resources for advocates, agencies, and workers. Millions of workers continue to be at risk of critical health and economic consequences due to their lack of access to basic rights like paid sick days and paid family and medical leave.

Our Latest Coronavirus Resources 

Amended and New State and Local Laws and Guidance on Paid Sick Days in Response to COVID-19

CLASP has compiled the states and localities across the country that have amended, expanded, or developed new paid sick days laws and guidance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the overview of these new or updated laws, CLASP describes who would be eligible under these laws, allowable reasons for leave, and amount of leave.

U.S. DOL Regulation and Guidance on FFCRA's Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave Provisions 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Temporary Rule: Paid Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), effective April 2 - December 31, 2020. This fact sheet provides additional information about the impact of DOL's guidance and temporary regulation on employee's rights to paid sick days and paid family leave.

Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave Provisions in FFCRA and CARES Act

This updated fact sheet includes additional information about the intersection of Unemployment Insurance provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act with paid sick days and paid leave provisions in the FFCRA and CARES Act.