COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

Effective March 29, 2021, Senate Bill 95 ("SB 95") requires that covered employers of 26 or more employees expand supplemental paid sick leave for employees' COVID-19-related absences.

The paid-leave requirements of the FFCRA expired on December 31, 2020. Employers no longer have an obligation to provide paid sick (EPSL) or emergency Family and Medical Leave Act (EFMLA) leave to employees for absences related to the coronavirus.

Employers voluntarily providing leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) may use this form, which includes the latest changes made by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, effective March 12, 2021. 

Note that the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, enacted March 11, 2021, amended and extended the tax credits (and the availability of advance payments of the tax credits) for paid sick and family leave for wages paid with respect to the period beginning April 1, 2021, and ending on September 30, 2021.

Form to request and document leave for qualified reasons related to COVID-19.

Covers how employers must pay staff during a COVID-related illness, exposure or quarantine, time off to receive or recover from the COVID-19 vaccine, or to seek a diagnosis. 

In response to COVID-19, local governments across California have enacted various measures to expand paid sick leave to workers in their jurisdictions. Employers are obligated to be in compliance with local ordinances that govern minimum wage and sick leave in their cities and counties.