Reasons for Leave
Massachusetts employers are required to provide emergency paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work for the following COVID-19-related reasons:
an employee’s need to:
self-isolate and care for themself because they have been diagnosed with COVID-19;
get a medical diagnosis, care, or treatment for COVID-19 symptoms; or
get or recover from a COVID-19 immunization;
an employee’s need to care for a family member
1 who:
needs medical diagnosis, care, or treatment for COVID-19 symptoms;
a quarantine order or similar determination regarding the employee by a local, state, or federal public official, a health authority having jurisdiction, or a health care provider;
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Friday, April 9, 2021
While California has announced tentative plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions by June 15, 2021, the difficulties for employers are not over.
For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, California struggled to get infection rates under control, and businesses grappled with compliance with a multitude of COVID-19-specific statutes and regulations. Employers also were tasked with navigating existing California employment laws, which did not contemplate a worldwide pandemic.
Workplace Safety
In November 2020, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal OSHA) passed the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The ETS imposed certain minimum requirements for covered workplaces, including:
Implementation of written COVID-19 prevention programs and measures
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As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more widely available in the
United States, there is rapidly changing guidance at the state and
federal levels. Here are a few key issues Wisconsin employers
should be aware of this spring related to the COVID-19
pandemic.
COVID-19 Vaccinations
Beginning April 5, 2021, all individuals in the state of
Wisconsin who are 16 and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19
vaccine. As of the publication of this alert, Wisconsin had
administered nearly 3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines,
bringing the percentage of Wisconsin residents who have received
Monday, January 25, 2021
Joining other counties and cities in California, the City of Oakland voted to extend its Emergency Paid Sick Leave ordinance into 2021. The amended ordinance applies retroactively to December 31, 2020, and will remain in effect until the City’s Declaration of COVID-19 Emergency expires.
The amended ordinance applies to all employers that have employees working in the City of Oakland, with the exception of certain smaller employers that are exempt from the ordinance’s requirements.
No Additional Time
Like the original ordinance, the amended ordinance provides full-time employees with 80 hours of Emergency Paid Sick leave (part-time employees receive a pro-rata amount). However, the amended ordinance states that employers are only required to provide Emergency Paid Sick leave on a one-time basis. In other words, if an employer already provided an employee with all of the Emergency Paid Sick leave available under the original ordinance, i