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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS | Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus (Simplified Chinese)

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS | Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus (Traditional Chinese)

EMPLOYER GUIDE | This guide recommends specific policies and practices that corporate leaders can implement quickly to support the safety and stability of their workforce.

A summary of existing state and local laws that require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant workers.

FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the universal need for - and far from universal access to - paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in the United States.

FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the universal need for - and far from universal access to - paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in the United States.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS | Conoce tus derechos: Permisos pagados por enfermedad y permisos para cuidado infantil durante el coronavirus (Spanish)

With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave.

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted and amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, provides new rights to workers for short-term paid time away from work for coronavirus-related health and caregiving reasons, and provides long-term emergency paid family leave for working people who need to take care of a child whose school or daycare is closed.

FACT SHEET | Overall, women in the United States are paid 82 cents for every dollar paid to men. When women lose income, their economic security and that of their families is diminished. (March 2021)

FACT SHEET | A fact sheet on how paid sick days lead to reduced government spending, savings for employers, economic security for families and a stronger economy.

FACT SHEET | More than half of Latino workers—an estimated 15 million people—are unable to earn a single paid sick day.

An overview of maternity care system

FACT SHEET | Every day, millions of U.S. workers face an impossible choice when they are sick: stay home and risk their economic security or go to work and risk their health and the public’s health.

A Series of Roundtables on the Health Data Revolution

Letter opposing H.R. 5741

FACT SHEET | Businesses benefit when their employees have access to paid sick days. When sick workers are able to stay home, the spread of disease slows and workplaces are both healthier and more productive. Plus, workers recover faster from illness and obtain timely medical care -- enabling them to get back to work sooner and holding down health care costs.

FACT SHEET | An assessment of the historic Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that includes an explanation of the law and reasons and opportunities for amending it.

H.R. 5656 sets up a dangerous false choice between time and money, when working families urgently need both.

CHART | A chart detailing the current federal paid leave proposals.