Daily News | Philly workers will get extra sick pay for COVID all year, even after national emergency ends
The nation’s COVID-19 emergency declarations are ending this spring, but many Philadelphia workers will have a right to additional paid sick time if they catch the virus.requires businesses with 25 or more workers to provide an additional 40 hours of paid sick time for COVID-related time off — covering people experiencing COVID symptoms, isolating after an exposure, dealing with a COVID-related child-care disruption or school closure, or caring for an infected family member.
City Councilmember Kendra Brooks, who authored the legislation, said Thursday that she doesn’t plan to try to extend the guaranteed COVID-related sick time, which is set to expire at the end of this year.mandates health-care workers with COVID receive paid sick leave until they are well if they work for a company with 10 or more employees. That expires only when the World Health Organization or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the pandemic is over.
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