March 30, 2020

State	Issue/Effective Date	Guidance
California	Issued 3/2020	California Paid Sick Leave: FAQs on laws enforced by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office
	Issued 3/24/2020	San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance: San Francisco Paid Sick Leave & The Coronavirus
	Announced 3/16/2020	San Francisco Worker and Families First Paid Sick Leave Program:FAQs and Step-by-Step Guide for Employers
	Issued 3/17/2020	Emeryville’s Paid Sick Leave Law:Guidance
Colorado	Effective 3/11/2020	Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay Rules and Guidance
Connecticut	Effective 3/23/2020 - 4/22/2020	Executive Order instructing employers to implement telework procedures and Business Exemptions for Coronavirus – Executive Order 7H
Delaware	Issued 3/16/2020	FAQs on telecommuting, paid leave, and other topics related to COVID-19
District of Columbia	Effective 3/11/2020 - 6/15/2020	COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020: modifies eligibility rules for paid family and medical leave; provides “declaration of emergency” leave
Massachusetts	Issued 3/25/2020	Massachusetts Earned Sick Time FAQs
	Effective 3/24/2020 - 4/6/2020	Executive Order encourages employers to operate through remote work arrangements
Minnesota	Issued 3/18/2020	Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance FAQs
	Issued 3/20/2020	Duluth Earned Sick and Safe Time OrdinanceFAQs
Mississippi	Issued 3/16/2020	Executive Order provides paid leave for state and local government employees due to COVID-19
New Jersey	Effective 3/21/2020	Executive Order requires employers to accommodate telework or work-from-home arrangements where practicable
	Issued 3/16/2020	Earned Sick Leave, Temporary Disability, and Family Leave Insurance: Guidance
	Effective 3/20/2020	New law protects employees taking leave during state of emergency due to COVID-19
New York	Effective 3/22/2020	Executive Order requires employers to utilize telework procedures
	Effective 3/18/2020	New law and guidance on paid leave for employees/dependents subject to mandatory or precautionary quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19
Oregon	Effective 3/25/2020	Executive Order requires employers to facilitate telework
	Effective 3/18/2020 - 9/13/2020	Temporary Administrative Order allows certain employees to take family leave to care for children whose school or place of care has been closed due to public health emergency.
Pennsylvania	Announced 3/20/2020	Philadelphia’s Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces Act guidance on using sick leave for COVID-19 purposes
	Effective 3/15/2020	Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act guidelines and FAQs
Texas	Effective 4/1/2020	Dallas Earned Paid Sick Time Ordinance guidance on effective dates and enforcement
Vermont	Issued 3/24/2020	FAQ includes telework and leave guidance
Washington	Effective 3/17/2020	New law allows state employees to use shared leave when quarantined due to COVID-19
	Effective 3/2020	Guidance on paid sick leave law
	Effective 3/18/2020	Seattle Paid Sick and Safe Time updated FAQs

Additional Resources

• Business Group Coronavirus Resources
• Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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