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S. 2790 111th Congress Senate

Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act

Official title: A bill to allow Americans to receive paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs, and the health needs of their families, related to a contagious illness.

Introduced: November 17, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act - Requires certain covered employers to provide annually to each of their covered: (1) full-time employees at least seven days of paid sick time, and specified employment benefits; and (2) part-time employees the same employment benefits and a number of days or hours of paid sick time, determined under a specified pro rata formula.

Allows the covered employee to use such sick time for an absence: (1) resulting from a medical condition involving symptoms of a contagious illness (including influenza-like illnesses such as the 2009 H1N1 virus), the need to obtain medical diagnosis or care, or to obtain preventive care for such illness; (2) due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the employee's presence on the job, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others; (3) to care for a child experiencing such symptoms; or (4) to care for a child due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the child's presence in the community, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others.

Permits use of sick leave if the covered employee's place of business is closed due to a contagious illness or his or her need to care for a child whose school or child care or early childhood program has been closed for such reason.

Specifies prohibited acts by an employer, and penalties for violations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2790: Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2790/
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