Congress messed up and essential workers, who don't have sick leave, are paying with their lives.
, have offered workers unpaid leave if they wish to stay home ― or extra money if they come in to work.While there’s no hard data to show that a lack of access to paid sick leave has led to an increase in infections or deaths from the disease, we do know that access to paid sick leave does helpAs the country opens back up — even as cases increase in certain places — it’s more important than ever to have paid sick leave for essential workers.
First, only a very narrow band of companies are required to comply with the law. Workers at companies with more than 500 employees aren’t eligible, which adds up to about 50% of the workforce. Companies with fewer than 50 employees can also be exempted from some requirements of the law. While some health care facilities do offer a limited amount of paid sick leave to workers, it’s typically far short of the amount of time that would be needed to recover from the coronavirus, as the Kaiser report points out. At most companies, paid time off needs to be accrued, which is not a possibility for every worker.
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