Overview of Paid Sick Time Laws in the United States:
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| Can sick time be used to care for loved ones? | Yes: spouse; domestic partner or a person cohabiting with the employee in a conjugal relationship that is not a legal marriage; child; parent or legal guardian; sibling; grandparent; aunt or uncle; parent or sibling of the employee’s spouse; a person who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a minor child; any individual related by blood or whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship. | Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or domestic partner; spouses; grandparents; spouses or domestic partners of grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; domestic partners; or an individual the employer has permitted the worker to care for at the time the worker requested to use sick time. | Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; spouses; registered domestic partners; grandparents, grandchildren, or siblings (of the employee or the employee’s spouse/registered domestic partner); and any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship | Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grand-parents; spouses; registered domestic partners; siblings; and, if a worker has no spouse/domestic partner, a designated person of worker’s choice | Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; spouses; grandchildren; grandparents; siblings; and members of the worker’s household. | Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; and siblings, or a designated person of the worker's choice. | Yes: children; legal guardians or wards; spouses; domestic partners (including parties to a civil union); parents; parents of a spouse or domestic partner; grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; or any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the worker is the equivalent of a family relationship. | Yes: a person who is related by blood, marriage, civil union, or adoption; a child to whom the worker stands in loco parentis; a person who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a minor; and a person for whom the employee is responsible for providing or arranging health- or safety-related care. | Yes: children and spouses | Yes: children; grandchildren; spouses of children; siblings; spouses of siblings; parents; parents of a spouse/domestic partner; spouses; registered domestic partners; and a person with whom the worker has a committed (mutual, familial) relationship and has shared a mutual residence for at least the preceding 12 months | Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; siblings; and, if a worker has no spouse/registered domestic partner, a designated person of the worker’s choice. Paid sick time can also be used to care for a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog of the worker or worker’s family member or designated person. | Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; siblings; and any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the worker is the equivalent of a family relationship. | Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; legal guardians; spouses; grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; and individuals who acted as a parent or stood in loco parentis to the employee (or the employee’s spouse) when the employee (or the employee’s spouse) was a minor. Beginning on October 1, 2020, wards of the employee or the employee’s spouse and legal guardians of the employee’s spouse will be covered as well. | Yes: children; spouses; parents; or parents of a spouse | Yes: children; spouses; parents; parents of a spouse; grandparents; grandchildren; and siblings. | Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; spouses; registered domestic partners; grandchildren; grandparents; siblings; and members of the worker’s household | Yes: children; spouses or registered domestic partners; siblings; parents; grandchildren, grandparents; children of an employee’s sibling (e.g., niece/nephew); sibling of an employee’s parent (e.g., aunt/uncle). Sick time can also be used to care for: any of the family members listed above of an employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner; any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship; and up to one additional individual annually designated by the employee. | Yes: spouse; domestic partner or someone with whom the employee is in a continuing romantic or intimate relationship that is not a legal marriage; child; parent or legal guardian of the employee or employee’s spouse, or person who stood in loco parentis when the employee or employee’s spouse was a minor child; grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee or employee’s spouse; or a person for whom the employee is responsible for providing or arranging health or safety-related care. | Yes: children; parents and legal guardians of the worker; spouses; grandparents; spouses of grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; and spouses of siblings. | Yes: child; spouse; parent or legal guardian of the employee or employee’s spouse; a person who stood in loco parentis to the employee or employee’s spouse when the employee or spouse was a minor child; grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee or employee’s spouse; any individual related by blood to the employee or whose close relationship to the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. | Yes: children; grandchildren; siblings; spouses; registered domestic partners; civil union partners; parents (including parents of an employee’s spouse, registered domestic partner, or civil union partner); grandparents; spouses, registered domestic partners, or civil union partners of a parent or grandparent; siblings of a spouse, registered domestic partner, or civil union partner; and any other individual related by blood to the employee or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. | Yes: spouses; domestic partners; the child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner; an individual whose close association with the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner is the equivalent of a family relationship; and a spouse or domestic partner of one of the aforementioned family members. | Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or domestic partner; spouses; domestic partners; grandparents, grandchildren, or siblings. | Yes: children; parents; legal guardian or ward; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; siblings; and, if a worker has no spouse/registered domestic partner, a designated person of the worker’s choice. | Yes: children; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; grandparents; and grandchildren. | Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; spouses; grandparents; the spouse of a grandparent; grandchildren; siblings; the spouse of a sibling; and a life partner (a long-term committed relationship between two unmarried individuals of the same sex or gender identity who meet certain, specified requirements) | Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or domestic partner; spouses; domestic partners; grandchildren; grandparents; the spouse or domestic partner of a grandparent; siblings; and any individual for whom the worker received oral permission from the employer to care for at the time of the worker’s request to make use of sick time | Yes: children; parents; spouses; parents-in-law; grandparents; grandchildren; domestic partners (broadly defined); siblings; care recipients; and members of the worker’s household. A “care recipient” is any person for whom the worker is responsible for providing or arranging health or safety related care. | Yes: children; spouses or registered domestic partners; siblings; parents; grandchildren, grandparents; children of your sibling (e.g., niece/nephew); sibling of your parent (e.g., aunt/uncle). Sick time can also be used to care for: any of the family members listed above of a spouse or registered domestic partner; any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship; and up to one additional individual annually designated by the employee. | Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners (registered under state/local law or with the internal registry of at least one partner’s employer); parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; and siblings. | Yes: children; parents; legal guardian or ward; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; siblings; and if a worker has no spouse/registered domestic partner, a designated person of the worker’s choice. As of January 1, 2017, the parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner will also be covered. | Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; and siblings. | Yes: children; parents; parent of a spouse or registered domestic partner; spouses; registered domestic partners; grandparents; grandchildren; and siblings. | Yes: children; parents; grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; spouses; and registered domestic partners (local or state registries). | Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; grandparents; spouses; grandchildren; and siblings. | Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; spouses; registered domestic partners; grandparents; grandchildren; and siblings |
