State & Local Guidance
Updated on January 26, 2021
Federal, state, and local agencies have begun releasing guidance on how paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, and other employment requirements apply to COVID-19. Links to this guidance are provided below. We will be updating this page as additional guidance is made available. Given that this is an evolving situation, it's best to check your state or local Department of Health website for up-to-date information.
Guidance
Jurisdiction |
Summary |
Federal |
DOL: Guidance covers the Family and Medical Leave Act, workplace safety, wage and hour law, and unemployment insurance. DOL: Guidance covers Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification. DOL: Guidance covers Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act notices and FAQs. DOL: Guidance covers wage and hour laws, unemployment insurance, and paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. DOL: Guidance covers paid leave requirements under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. EEOC: Guidance covers the Americans with Disabilities Act and COVID-19. EEOC: Guidance covers EEO-1 data collection. ICE: Guidance covers extended I-9 requirements for COVID-19 related purposes. IRS: Guidance covers tax credits for qualified sick leave wages under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. IRS: Guidance covers the deferral of employer Social Security taxes under the CARES Act. IRS: Guidance covers employee retention credit for employers with closed businesses due to COVID-19. IRS: Guidance covers frequently asked questions on tax credits for paid leave. OSHA: Guidance covers workplace safety. SBA: Guidance covers the Paycheck Protection Program. SBA: Guidance covers the first Paycheck Protection Program interim rule on loan forgiveness. SBA: Guidance covers the second Paycheck Protection Program interim rule on loan procedures.
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Alabama |
ADOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. DOL: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Alaska |
DETS: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. DOLWD: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Arizona |
DES: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Arkansas |
State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. AWCC: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
California |
Cal/OSHA: Guidance covers protecting workers from COVID-19. Cal/OSHA: Guidance on emergency temporary standards (ETS), including exclusion-pay requirements. State: Guidance covers workplace safety. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. LWDA: Guidance covers paid family leave, paid sick leave, and unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers paid leave. State: Guidance covers supplemental paid leave. State: Guidance covers small employer family leave mediation and supplemental paid sick leave.
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San Francisco, CA |
OLSE: Guidance clarifies that employees can use their available paid sick leave under the city's paid sick leave ordinance for COVID-19 related purposes. City: Guidance covers public health emergency leave. City: Guidance covers public health emergency leave poster. |
Long Beach, CA |
City: Guidance covers paid sick leave. |
Los Angeles, CA |
City: Guidance covers emergency paid sick leave. |
Colorado |
State: Guidance covers wage and hour laws. CDLE: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers wage and hour laws. |
Connecticut |
DOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance, paid sick leave, wage and hour law, and family and medical leave. DOL: Guidance covers unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Delaware |
DOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance.
State: Guidance covers protecting workers from COVID-19. |
District of Columbia |
DOES: Guidance covers paid sick leave, workers' compensation, and unemployment insurance. DOES: Guidance covers workers' compensation. Office of The Mayor: Guidance covers declaration-of-emergency leave. |
Florida |
DEO: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. |
Georgia |
DOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. SBWC: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Hawaii |
DLIR: Guidance covers unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, wage and hour laws, and worker safety. State: Guidance covers unemployment assistance. |
Idaho |
IDOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Illinois |
State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers wage and hour laws for employee wage garnishments. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Chicago, IL |
City: Guidance covers paid sick leave resources and unemployment insurance. |
Indiana |
DWD: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. WCB: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Iowa |
IWD: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. IWD: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Kansas |
KDOL: Guidance covers workplace safety, unemployment insurance, and wage and hour laws. KDOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. |
Kentucky |
State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. KCC: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. Labor Cabinet: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Louisiana |
LWC: Guidance covers unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. LWC: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Maine |
MDOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. MDOL: Guidance covers family medical leave, sick leave, and workers' compensation. |
Maryland |
DLLR: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. WCC: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Massachusetts |
State: Guidance covers wage and hour laws, sick leave, and unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. State: Guidance covers wage and hour laws for employees working remotely during COVID-19. |
Michigan |
State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers paid leave. DOT: Guidance covers employees who are exempt from City income tax through telework. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Minnesota |
State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. DLI: Guidance covers workers' compensation. State: Guidance covers frequently asked questions on wage and hour laws for employees working remotely during COVID-19. |
Duluth, MN |
City: Guidance clarifies use of leave under the city's paid sick leave ordinance for COVID-19 related purposes. |
Minneapolis, MN |
City: Guidance clarifies use of leave under the city's paid sick leave ordinance for COVID-19 related purposes. |
St. Paul |
City: Guidance clarifies use of leave under the city's paid sick leave ordinance for COVID-19 related purposes. |
Mississippi |
MDES: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Missouri |
DOLIR: Guidance covers workers' compensation and unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers employee return to work refusal. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Montana |
DLI: Guidance covers accrued leave and wage and hour laws. DLI: Guidance covers workers' compensation. DLI: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Nebraska |
DOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Nevada |
State: Guidance covers the PPP, leave, and COVID-19 bulletins. DETR: Guidance covers unemployment insurance and pandemic unemployment assistance. |
New Hampshire |
NHES: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. |
New Jersey |
NJDOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance and CARES Act. NJDOL: Guidance covers paid sick leave and family leave insurance. NJDOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. NJDOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance for independent contractors. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. NJDOL: Guidance covers scenarios and benefits available for workers' compensation, FMLA, federal paid sick leave, New Jersey earned sick leave, unemployment insurance, and family leave insurance. New Jersey Treasury: Guidance covers wage and hour laws. State: Guidance covers wage and hour laws and workplace safety. |
New Mexico |
DWS: Guidance covers unemployment insurance and pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. WCA: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
New York |
State: Guidance clarifies that employees can use their available paid sick and/or paid family leave under state or local law. State: Guidance covers paid sick leave. State: Guidance covers paid sick leave for health care workers. WCB: Guidance covers workers' compensation. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance clarifies businesses' workers' compensation and unemployment insurance protections. OAG: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. |
New York City |
DCA: Guidance clarifies that employees can use their available paid sick and/or paid family leave under state or local law. DCWP: Guidance covers wage and hour laws and paid sick and safe leave laws. City: Guidance covers COVID-19 workplace laws. City: Guidance covers Paid Sick Leave FAQs related to COVID-19. |
Westchester County, NY |
County: Guidance clarifies that employees can use their available paid sick and/or paid family leave under state or local law for COVID-19 related purposes. |
North Carolina |
DES: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. OSHR: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
North Dakota |
State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. Department of Commerce: Guidance covers workers' compensation. Department of Commerce: Guidance covers paid leave and wage laws. |
Ohio |
JFS: Guidance covers unemployment insurance and pandemic unemployment assistance. BWC: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Oklahoma |
OESC: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. WCC: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Oregon |
BOLI: Guidance covers wage and hour law, sick leave, family leave and unemployment leave for COVID-19 related purposes. BOLI: Guidance covers leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act. BOLI: Guidance covers wage and hour law. DOJ: Guidance covers wage and hour laws. OED: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. OED: Guidance covers additional guidance on unemployment insurance and the CARES Act. |
Pennsylvania |
DLI: Guidance covers unemployment insurance and workers' compensation. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Philadelphia, PA |
City: Guidance covers paid sick leave and the Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. City: Guidance covers wage taxes for non-resident employees. |
Pittsburg, PA |
City: Guidance covers paid sick leave and the Paid Sick Days Act.* |
Rhode Island |
State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. Rhode Island Judiciary: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
South Carolina |
DEW: Guidance covers workers' compensation, paid sick leave, and unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers wage and hour laws. |
South Dakota |
DLR: Guidance covers workers' compensation. DLR: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Tennessee |
LWD: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Texas |
TWC: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. TDI: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Dallas, TX |
City: Guidance covers paid sick leave. |
Utah |
DWS: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers workplace safety. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. |
Vermont |
VDOL: Guidance covers paid sick leave. VDOL: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Virginia |
VEC: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers the safety Standard and supplemental training materials. State: Guidance covers employer requirements for the safety Standard. VWC: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Washington |
ESD: Guidance covers paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave. ESD: Guidance covers unemployment insurance and pandemic unemployment assistance. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation and wage and hour laws. State: Guidance covers wage and hour laws for employee wage garnishments during COVID-19. |
Seattle |
City: Guidance covers paid sick leave. |
West Virginia |
State: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Wisconsin |
DWD: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. DWD: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |
Wyoming |
DWS: Guidance covers unemployment insurance. State: Guidance covers pandemic unemployment assistance. DWS: Guidance covers workers' compensation. |