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Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday. The law, which takes effect in ...
The Healthy Families Act (HR 2460 / S 1152) would establish a basic workplace mandate of paid sick days so workers can take paid sick days to care for their health or the health of their families. The bill creates a minimum requirement that allows workers to earn up to seven days per year of paid leave to recover from illness, to care for a ...
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An employee may use Emergency Paid Sick Leave if the employee is quarantined, a doctor advises the employee to self-quarantine, or the employee has COVID-19 symptoms and is waiting for a diagnosis. Under these circumstances, the employee must be paid at their regular rate of pay, up to a maximum of $511 per day or $5,110 total. [ 6 ]
What about COVID-19? The latest weekly update by the state health department shows 4.6% of tests came back positive for COVID-19 , as of March 4. This is down 0.5% from the week before.
The average worker in wealthy countries takes approximately 14 sick days per year. With an average of 27.5 sick days per year, Norway has the highest rate, followed closely by Finland (26.6 days). Notably, Southern European countries also report significant rates of sick leave: Portugal (23.7 days), France (22.5 days), and Spain (22.4 days). [19]
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This is just ahead of Riverside County's COVID-19 case count of 29,983. [152] Los Angeles County, which has more COVID-19 cases than any other California county, is also confirmed to have 160,000 cases. [152] July 22: The entire state of California is confirmed to have topped 409,000 COVID-19 cases, surpassing New York for most in the nation. [153]