What to know about COVID paid sick leave in California
3 years, 9 months ago

What to know about COVID paid sick leave in California

LA Times  

With the 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave extension, which went into effect Monday, qualifying employees have access to up to 80 hours of paid time off for virus-related reasons. This week, we’ll be discussing paid sick leave in California — specifically the 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law that went into effect Monday. “We were seeing workers who were having to choose between going to work sick and endangering their customers and co-workers, or staying home but risking their jobs and their income.” With the 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave extension, which became law earlier this month, many qualifying employees now have access to 80 hours of paid time off for virus-related reasons. As of Monday, employers with more than 25 employees must provide 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave, including retroactive payments for qualifying leave that was taken going back to Jan. 1.

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Ill-gotten gains: Why does American society coerce us to work while sick?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ill-gotten gains: Why does American society coerce us to work while sick?

Salon  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon remove its five-day isolation guidance for people who are infected with COVID-19, according to a recent report in The Washington Post. But as one epidemiologist told NPR: "It's like saying, well, people aren't really wearing a seat belt, so I guess we can say seat belts don't matter.” A reversal in …

A tax increase, LGBTQ+ youth protections and more sick leave highlight California’s new laws in 2024
1 year ago

A tax increase, LGBTQ+ youth protections and more sick leave highlight California’s new laws in 2024

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to patients in other states will be protected from prosecution. California lawmakers thought it wasn’t fair for companies to punish workers for failing these drug tests, especially since recreational marijuana has been legal in the state since 2016. A new law, which was passed in 2022 but takes effect this …

A tax increase, LGBTQ+ youth protections and more sick leave highlight California's new laws in 2024
1 year ago

A tax increase, LGBTQ+ youth protections and more sick leave highlight California's new laws in 2024

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. California lawmakers thought it wasn't …

California workers will see more paid sick time off under new law
1 year, 3 months ago

California workers will see more paid sick time off under new law

LA Times  

The health concerns faced by essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic helped increase support for expanding the number of paid sick days for employees in California. California workers will be entitled to five paid sick days, up from the current three, under a new law signed by Gov. The bill signed into law on Wednesday was lauded by the California …

California moves one step closer to five paid sick days, with unions banking on COVID lessons
1 year, 3 months ago

California moves one step closer to five paid sick days, with unions banking on COVID lessons

LA Times  

California employers will be required to provide workers with five days of paid sick leave under legislation passed by the state Legislature on Wednesday, up from the current three-day requirement. “While one more paid benefit may not seem significant in isolation, this mandate must be viewed in the context of all of California’s other leaves and paid benefits, especially the …

California to end mandatory pay for workers who caught COVID on the job
2 years ago

California to end mandatory pay for workers who caught COVID on the job

LA Times  

A worker prepares desserts at Universal City Walk. California workplace regulators have voted to end a rule requiring companies to pay employees who can’t work because they caught the coronavirus on the job. For the last two years, California workplace regulators have tried to slow the spread of the coronavirus by requiring infected workers to stay home while also guaranteeing …

There’s a Looming Workplace Crisis. Employers Don’t Care.
2 years, 5 months ago

There’s a Looming Workplace Crisis. Employers Don’t Care.

Slate  

Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. Nearly two and a half years into a pandemic that has transformed many people’s work lives, companies still haven’t figured out how to manage COVID-related sick leave. Even …

California workers have new COVID-19 sick pay benefits. Here’s how it works
2 years, 11 months ago

California workers have new COVID-19 sick pay benefits. Here’s how it works

LA Times  

Fanny Ortiz, a union organizer, raises her fist in a “drive-thru strike line” at a McDonald’s in Monterey Park on April 9, 2020. “We wouldn’t be here without them and I’m honored to be able to sign these pieces of legislation today.” The sick leave policy allows all workers at businesses of 26 or more employees to take paid time …

California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases
2 years, 11 months ago

California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Crystal Orozco got sick with the coronavirus last month, she missed nearly two weeks’ worth of her salary as a shift leader at a fast food restaurant and had to ask family members for a loan to help pay her rent. The tax cuts and other moves, including letting business owners deduct federal coronavirus grants from …

New COVID-19 sick pay for California workers approved by lawmakers
2 years, 11 months ago

New COVID-19 sick pay for California workers approved by lawmakers

LA Times  

California lawmakers passed legislation on Monday to provide most workers with up to two weeks of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave, a move policymakers hope will slow the spread of the coronavirus across the state. “As the Omicron surge intensified, workers screamed from the rooftops about the desperate need to reinstate COVID paid sick leave,” California Labor Federation Executive Secretary-Treasurer …

‘Just wear a mask and don’t tell anyone’: Workplaces are filling up with sick employees
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Just wear a mask and don’t tell anyone’: Workplaces are filling up with sick employees

LA Times  

A complaint filed by four workers at fast-food chain Jack in the Box alleges management at a location in Folsom, Calif., dissuaded workers who reported feeling sick from quarantining and allowed them to work without masks. In an email Thursday, Jack in the Box spokesman Casey Middleton said the company requires franchisees to comply with federal, state and local health …

COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers

LA Times  

Employee Diego Almendor has his temperature taken by owner Nicolas Montano before beginning his shift at Los Toros Mexican restaurant in Chatsworth on Feb. 27, 2021. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers reached an agreement Tuesday to again require employers to provide workers with up to two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave to recover from COVID-19 or care for a …

California Legislature OKs expansion of paid sick leave
3 years, 9 months ago

California Legislature OKs expansion of paid sick leave

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature on Thursday voted to expand paid sick leave for about 10.4 million workers, sending a bill to Gov. “At a time when California is flush with cash, policymakers should not ask employers to become the state’s social safety net,” said Jennifer Barrera, executive vice president of the California Chamber of Commerce, who opposed the …

California’s new workplace laws: COVID-19 safety, family leave and more
4 years ago

California’s new workplace laws: COVID-19 safety, family leave and more

LA Times  

Sweeping new laws ramping up in 2021 will force California businesses to offer employees more help to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, including measures on disclosure of workplace infections, on healthcare and wage replacement, and on job-protected leave to care for sick family members. In a letter requesting a veto, the state Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of trade …

Employers Will No Longer Be Required To Give Paid Leave To Workers With COVID-19
4 years ago

Employers Will No Longer Be Required To Give Paid Leave To Workers With COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Starting Jan. 1, employers will no longer have to give workers with COVID-19, or those taking care of someone with the virus, two weeks of paid leave. “I fear that rather than offering a workable solution, the House bill will exacerbate the problem by forcing small businesses to pay wages they cannot afford and ‘helping’ them go …

Delivery workers are keeping California fed. They say no one’s keeping them safe
4 years, 9 months ago

Delivery workers are keeping California fed. They say no one’s keeping them safe

LA Times  

While most of California hunkered down at home, Toby N. was still delivering meals for DoorDash in the Bay Area town of San Leandro. Yet it also suspended him for two weeks, without pay, for the safety of “the DoorDash community.” Toby — who asked that his last name be withheld to protect his professional prospects — is just one …

Here’s who qualifies for coronavirus paid sick leave under new federal law
4 years, 9 months ago

Here’s who qualifies for coronavirus paid sick leave under new federal law

LA Times  

The federal government’s emergency coronavirus relief law includes paid sick leave benefits for American employees at small to midsize firms who have to take time off because of the spreading virus. “There’s no reason why it should be so onerous for a small business to take this up, because they’re going to get that back in tax credits.” She said …

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