Mar 29, 2021 | Fact Sheet | CLASP

Paid Family and Medical Leave and Paid Sick Leave Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (ARP). While it does not reinstate the requirement that employers provide paid leave, it does extend and expand the tax credits to employers who choose to provide paid leave. The tax credits will cover the cost of certain COVID-19 related leave taken from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021, effectively “resetting the clock” on the emergency leave.

Oct 19, 2020 | Report/Brief | Adewale Maye

In Their Own Voices: How Workers Earning Low Wages Struggle with COVID-19

Oct 5, 2020 | Fact Sheet | Tanya L. Goldman

FFCRA and Paid Leave to Care for a Child

Sep 28, 2020 | Fact Sheet | CLASP

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

Most low-wage workers lack access to paid sick days. When illness strikes, they’re forced to choose between caring for themselves or their families and earning a paycheck. Taking a sick day leads to loss of much-needed wages and could even cost them their jobs. However, going to work sick or sending a sick child to school or child care endangers workers’ and their families’ health and spreads illness to colleagues, customers, and other children. That’s why CLASP advocates at the federal, state, and local levels for paid sick days laws. When workers can earn sick days, they can care for themselves or their loved ones without losing essential income.

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Hannah Matthews

Deputy Executive Director for Policy

Paid Sick Days

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Enforcing Paid Sick Days Laws

With a growing number of cities and states passing paid sick days laws, it's critical to ensure strong enforcement. CLASP's Enforcingsickdays.org website helps government agencies, employers, employees, and advocates get the information they need to ensure all workers receive the paid sick time they’ve earned.

Enforcingsickdays.org website