City Adopts Temporary COVID Paid Sick Leave Policy

A temporary COVID paid sick leave policy was considered this week by the Sheridan City Council. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

Last March, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which required all employers with less than 500 employees to provide 80 hours of Emergency Paid Sick Leave to employees for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The paid leave was available from April 1 to December 31. Private employers were able to get reimbursed for the leave through tax credits, however, since public employers don’t pay taxes, this was not available to the City of Sheridan. City Human Resources Director Heather Doke.

Doke said there were 80 employees who needed to use the paid sick leave last year and four since the beginning of the New Year.

Council unanimously approved a temporary COVID Paid Sick Leave Policy through the end of March.