It depends. Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. WHEREAS, even without a State mandate, K-12 schools, childcare facilities, and other settings may choose to require individuals to wear face masks based on the community COVID-19 level and other characteristics of the setting; and. If your employer has a vacation policy, either written or verbal, then you should be paidall the vacation time that you have. A Canadian studypublished earlier this year that lookedatthe effect of paid sick leave on COVID-19 cases in Ontario reported similar results. We need to be doing everything we can to attract young people to the profession and to also show those who've chosen education as their life's work that they are respected. Ensuring support for all working families, the legislation protects all hourly school employees in addition to classroom teachers, such as bus drivers, food service providers, and administrative personnel. The University of Illinois System continues to temporarily extend a limited amount of coronavirus-related paid leave to employees in support of vaccination requirements and isolation orders. I feel very alone, Torres told WTTW News in Spanish. When the pandemic first hit, the Department of Labor enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work due to a quarantine related to COVID-19, including caring for sick family members. On February 9, 2022, Governor Newsom signed a new Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) bill (SB 114) into law, which becomes effective on February 19, 2022. [CDATA[/* >