One has payments to make. Pew helped reduce harmful fleet subsidies that drive overfishing, expand broadband to more Americans, and save consumers billions in 2022. 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. New Illinois law will give teachers paid sick leave for COVID-19 Employees are eligible from the first day of employment for emergency sick leave due to COVID-19. 158 that, effective Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox. For more information, please see the Department of the Treasurys website. While those who test positive for Covid-19 no longer qualify for jobless benefits, that's not necessarily true of people who isolate due to a potential Covid exposure and must miss work, Evermore said. A study published in the journal Health Affairs, for example, found that in states that didnt have paid leave laws but workers gained paid sick leave through the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, there were an average of about 400 fewer confirmed COVID-19 cases a day in each state between March and May 2020, compared with what the numbers would have been without the emergency measure. [CDATA[/* >