US emergency sick leave act reduced COVID-19 cases, study findsThe emergency sick leave provision of the Mar 18 bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) appears to have reduced the spread of the virus.
A Health Affairs study yesterday found that states where workers could get up to 2 weeks of paid sick leave showed 417 fewer confirmed cases per day, or an average of 1 prevented case per day per 1,300 workers.The lack of universal access to paid sick leave in the United States makes it an outlier among nations in Europe and the Americas.
Twenty-seven percent of all US workers and more than half of food and accommodation industry workers are ineligible for paid sick leave.