<i>Two medical staff wearing protective suits treating a woman infected with coronavirus(Covid-19) inside an isolation ward at a hospital. Photo: Mongkolchon Akesin/Shutterstock.com</i>On March 18, 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill 8091 (the Act), which guarantees certain leave, benefits and job protections to employees affected by COVID-19, effective immediately. The Act’s key provisions are summarized below.

New York COVID-19 Sick Leave and Benefits

Sick Leave. Employees who are subject to a “mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation issued by the state of New York, the department of health, local board of health, or any government entity duly authorized to issue such order due to COVID-19” (Quarantine Order) are entitled to certain amounts of job-protected sick leave, largely dependent on their employer’s size as of Jan. 1, 2020. There is no minimum period of employment required for employee eligibility.

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