Disaster Unemployment

COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

You may be eligible for DUA if you lived or worked in the disaster area, and the disaster affected you in the following ways:

1. You no longer have a place to work, or job
2. You cant make it to your place of work
3. Your work site was damaged
4. You are unable to work due to an injury caused by the disaster

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Covered Employees are entitled to up to 80 hours of COVID-19 related sick leave from January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021

You may qualify for paid sick leave if you are unable to work due to :

1. Quarantine or isolation orders related to COVID-19
2. You have COVID-19 symptoms and are seeking diagnosis
3.  You are caring for someone that is quarantined or under isolation order due to COVID-19 or someone that is self-quarantined
4. You are caring for you child whose school or childcare is closed due to COVID-19
5. Vaccine related – getting the vaccine and caring for yourself after due to vaccine-related symptoms

COVID-19 Worker Protections

Wildfire Worker Protections

Temporary Cal/OSHA worker protections:

1. Your employer must have a written COVID-19 protection plan
2. Your employer must provide you with information and training about COVID-19 spread and prevention

If there have three or more COVID-19 cases at  your workplace in the last two weeks

3. your employer must provide you with free COVID-19 testing if you had potential exposure at work
4. You employer must notify the local health department within 48 hours of learning that there at least three or more COVID-19 cases.

If you are working when the AQI is 151 or greater you are protected!

Your employer must do the following to protect you from wildfire smoke
(1) Check the current AQI before and periodically during each shift.
(2) Provide training to employees.
(3) Lower employee exposures.
(4) Provide respirators and encourage their use.

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