Employees: Benefits for workers impacted by COVID-19. Includes unemployment, workers’ compensation, job-protected leave and the rights of agricultural workers.
Agricultural Workers - An agricultural worker maintains crops such as fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts, or looks after livestock and may include agricultural inspectors, graders and sorters, and farmworkers.
- United Farm Workers: https://ufw.org/
- UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety: https://aghealth.ucdavis.edu/covid19
Families First Coronavirus Relief Act
- 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave FAQs: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions#104
- SHRM - American Rescue Plan Act Doesn’t Require Leave: https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/Pages/ARPA-does-not-require-leave.aspx
- 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (Effective March 29, 2021): https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/2021-COVID-19-Supplemental-Paid-Sick-Leave.pdf
- The National Law Review- California’s SB 93: Governor Signs COVID-19 ‘Rehiring and Retention’ Law: https://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-s-sb-93-governor-signs-covid-19-rehiring-and-retention-law
- SB-93 Employment: rehiring and retention: displaced workers: COVID-19 pandemic. (2021-2022): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93
General Guidance - Employer and employee responsibilities for health and safety, paid sick leave and expanded family leave.
- California Labor & Workforce Development Agency: https://www.labor.ca.gov/
- Chrysalis, Remote Job Assistance Services: https://www.lalawlibrary.org/pdfs/COVID19/Chrysalis%20Remote%20Services%20-%20English.pdf
- Chrysalis, Remote Job Assistance Services: https://www.lalawlibrary.org/pdfs/COVID19/Chrysalis%20Remote%20Services%20-%20Spanish.pdf
- Benefits.Gov: https://www.benefits.gov/help/faq/Coronavirus-resources
- National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, Coronavirus, Resources for Workers: https://nationalcosh.org/
- Resources for Angelinos Economically Impacted by COVID-19: https://lajobsportal.org/#find-jobs
- Workplaces Respond to Domestic & Sexual Violence: https://www.workplacesrespond.org/role/survivor-or-coworker/
- Workplaces Respond to Domestic & Sexual Violence (Spanish): https://www.workplacesrespond.org/page/covid19espanol/
Hourly Workers - Rights and protections for employees paid by the hour.
- California Employment Law Report: https://www.californiaemploymentlawreport.com/
- California Department of Industrial Relations: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/2019-Novel-Coronavirus.htm
- COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Frequently Asked Questions: https://nationalcosh.org/coronavirus
- COVID-19 Safety: Workers' Rights in California: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/coronavirus/docs/business/Workers_Rights_Pamphlet.pdf
- LA Law Library, Online Class, Getting Paid: Wage & Hour Basics: https://www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1589-wage-basics-pbw2020
Paid Family Leave - Wage benefits to workers who need to take time off to take care a family member.
- California Employment Development Department (EDD): https://edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm
- COVID-19 and the Family and Medical Leave Act Questions and Answers, U.S. Department of Labor: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla
Paid Sick Leave - Wage benefits to workers who are unable to work due to illness or medical reasons.
- California Employment Development Department (EDD): https://edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/paid-sick-leave.aspx
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave
- LA Law Library online class, Unemployment Benefits, Disability & Sick Leave During COVID-19: https://www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1542-unemployment-benefits-disability-sick-leave-during-covid-19
- LA Law Library clase en línea, Beneficios de desempleo, incapacidad y ausencia laboral debido a enfermedad durante COVID-19: https://www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1543-beneficios-de-desempleo-incapacidad-y-ausencia-laboral-debido-a-enfermedad-durante-covid-19
- Know your workplace rights, responsibilities, and resources: https://saferatwork.covid19.ca.gov/
Unemployment Benefits - Cash benefits available to eligible workers who become unemployed or partially unemployed through no fault of their own.
- California Employment Development Department (EDD): https://edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/faqs.htm#UIBenefits
- LA Law Library online class, Rights, Protections, and Benefits for California Employees Affected by COVID-19: https://www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1550-rights-protections-and-benefits-for-california-employees-affected-by-covid-19-online
- LA Law Library online class, Unemployment Benefits, Disability & Sick Leave During COVID-19: https://www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1542-unemployment-benefits-disability-sick-leave-during-covid-19
- LA Law Library clase en línea, Beneficios de desempleo, incapacidad y ausencia laboral debido a enfermedad durante COVID-19: https://www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1543-beneficios-de-desempleo-incapacidad-y-ausencia-laboral-debido-a-enfermedad-durante-covid-19
- California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (English): https://cuiab.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/documents/cuiabHearingInfoEnglish1.pdf
- California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (Spanish): https://cuiab.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/documents/cuiabHearingInfoSpanish.pdf
Workers’ Compensation - Benefits for those unable to do their usual job because of job-related illness or injury.
- California Department of Industrial Relations: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/dwc_home_page.htm
- National Council on Compensation Insurance: https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Coronavirus-FAQs.aspx#
Workers’ Rights - Rights guaranteed to workers by law.
- Bet Tzedek Legal Services: https://www.bettzedek.org/our-services/resources/
- Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Employment Rights Project Clinic:https://bettzedek.org/events/list/
- En español: https://www.bettzedek.org/derechos-de-los-trabajadores-clinica-virtual/
- In Chinese: https://www.bettzedek.org/employment-rights-project-clinic-remote-assistance-simplified-chinese/
- County of Los Angeles, Workers' Rights Information: https://covid19.lacounty.gov/covid19-2-2/consumers-businesses/for-workers/
- California Labor & Workforce Development Agency: https://saferatwork.covid19.ca.gov/
- LA Library Online Class, Rights and Benefits for Employees Affected by COVID-19:https://www.lalawlibrary.org/hidden-classes/1609-employees-covid-19-pbw2020
- Legal Aid at Work: https://legalaidatwork.org/factsheet/coronavirus-faq/
- Legal Aid at Work, The Workers' Rights Clinic: https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics-and-helplines/
- Public Counsel, Workplace Rights Advice for Women & Non-Binary Workers: https://publiccounsel.org/clinics/workplace-rights-advice-clinic-for-women-non-binary-workers/
- Public Counsel, The Women and Girls Rights Project: https://publiccounsel.org/services/women-and-girls/
