Steering a Compliant Course Through Varied Paid Sick Leave Laws

Situations at the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic in which medical workers did not have sufficient access to paid sick leave and in which workers had to care for children while their schools were closed highlighted the desirability of expanding access to paid leave, Beth Berman, a paid leave expert, said May 19.

Federal, state, and local Covid-19 emergency paid sick leave requirements interact not only with each other but with a host of other federal, state, and local paid sick leave requirements, many with their own specific qualification requirements, Berman said at the American Payroll Association’s 2021 Congress ...