Your alarm clock goes off, you roll over to get ready for work, but then …啊。你不能这样做，因为你太病了。有一个那些日子吗？你的员工也有。

Unfortunately, everyone gets sick. Between colds, the flu, and other medical issues, workers might have days where they’re not able to work. In these situations, some employers offer their employees sick pay. What is sick pay?

什么病假？

Sick pay (also called paid sick leave or paid sick days) is paid time off employees receive when they are absent from work due to illness, injury, or disability. Through paid sick leave, an employee receives their full wages or part of their wages when they are out sick.

So, what is considered sick time? State laws or employer guidelines vary, but qualifying reasons for sick pay may include:

• Illness, injury, or health condition
• 预防医疗保健
• 医学诊断
• Care or treatment of physical or mental illness
• Care for a family member who is ill or injured

一些提供员工病假的雇主如此之下支付时间（PTO）policy. PTO lets employees take paid time off for any reason, such as sick leave or vacation.

What is not considered sick pay?

有一些医疗费用，企业可能会对不被视为疾病薪酬的员工。

These payments include:

• Workers’ compensation在工作或任何疾病因工作环境而签约的任何疾病发生的任何伤害的付款
• 任何残疾退休付款
• 在医疗计划或医疗保险下进行的医疗费用付款
• 与员工出席或缺席无关的任何付款（例如，个人时间）

有效的病假强制性吗？

You might be wondering病假工资是强制的吗?没有联邦疾病薪酬定律要求企业提供病假薪酬。但是，越来越多的州已经有偿了病假法律。

有一个越来越多的国家，需要合格的雇主向员工提供病人。一些需要付清病假的国家include Arizona, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Washington.

除非您的业务处于留下法律的状态，否则您不必提供此员工的利益。但是，您可以选择提供这种流行的好处。

FFCRA leave

But wait! Wasn’t there a mandatory, federal paid sick leave rule?Yes, yes there was.

2020年，政府通过了家庭的第一个冠状病毒响应法案，这是一项响应Covid-19的紧急立法。根据这一法案，需要小型企业雇主提供与Covid相关原因的员工休假。

然而，FFCRA sick pay不适用于每种类型的疾病或伤害。而且，它不是永久性的。小雇主必须提供员工支付的Covid病假在2020年底已过期。

FMLA leave

家庭和医疗假期（FMLA）是一项联邦法律，需要某些企业为员工提供无偿休假。经过FMLA的企业是至少有50名员工的企业。

FMLA雇主指南要求员工获得有资格原因的时间。例子包括处理个人严重的健康状况或关心具有严重健康状况的人。

提供员工病假的优势

不需要在生病的时候提供员工支付时间？即便如此，自愿提供了许多优势。

病假的利弊包括：

• 保持竞争力with other businesses
• 改善员工保留
• 限制工作场所疾病的传播

保持竞争力

According to the劳工统计局（BLS），75％的私营行业工人可以获得付出的病假福利。如果您选择不提供有偿病假，您可以对那些雇主失去人才。

担心多少进攻ring paid sick leave is going to cost you? The BLS reported that the average cost of offering paid sick time is $0.45 per employee hour of work.

改善保留

Sick leave can also help you improve employee retention (which could pay for itself, depending on how much turnover you have without it).

According to one surveyof restaurant industry practices, implementing top workplace practices like paid sick leave can help reduce turnover by 50%.

Limiting sickness

必须在工资上工作生病和失踪之间进行选择的员工可能会选择生病。

如果您想限制工作场所的疾病，提供有偿病假可能会鼓励生病的员工留在家中。

公司病假报酬：细节

想要了解有关病假日的所有事情的更多信息吗？查看此简短问答段。

病假多少钱？

Generally, sick pay is equivalent to an employee’s regular wages.

生病的工作如何？

您可以在一团金额的年初向您的员工提供报酬。或者，您可以要求员工累积病假。例如，员工可以在他们工作的每40小时内获得一小时的病假。

In most cases, employers pay for paid sick leave like regular wages. But, you can also opt for third-party sick pay. If you sign up for third-party sick pay, you pay a third party (e.g., insurance company), and they distribute sick leave wages to employees.

You may also be wondering about how sick pay works when it comes time to actually give the employee the wages. Include sick pay in the employee’s regular paycheck. Is sick pay taxable? Like regular wages and other types of paid time off wages you pay employees, sick pay是taxable.

What about leftover sick leave hours?

If employees don’t use up their accrued sick leave by the end of the year, what happens to the hours? When you establish your sick time policy, you may get to decide.

根据您的政策，员工可能：

• 丧失赚取，未使用的病时
• 兑现赚取，未使用的病时
• 结转赚取，未使用的病时

如果您让员工兑现和/或携带未使用的生病时间，您可以设置限制。例如，您可能会让员工每年持续24小时。

Keep in mind that some states havePTO payout防止雇主建立使用的法律 - 或丢失累积时间的裁减时间。

如果我处于带薪病假法律的州，怎么办？

States with paid sick leave laws have their own rules that employers must follow. If you’re subject to state leave laws, consult your state to find out:

• 病假使用
• Accrual rate and cap
• Waiting period guidelines
• 核对规则

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本文已从2016年6月8日的原始出版日期更新。