![COVID Sick-Pay Protection Stopped on January 1st](http://townsquare.media/site/182/files/2019/11/RS24404_GettyImages-953772308.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
COVID Sick-Pay Protection Stopped on January 1st
![Gator 99.5 logo](https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KNGTFM.png?w=100)
I didn't even know this, but up until New Year's Day - your employer was required to give you up to 10 days of paid-sick leave if you tested positive for COVID-19. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act required most businesses to offer what amounts to 2 work-weeks off while they still draw their check - regardless of what their sick/vacation day arrangement with their employer said.
The federal government backed this up with tax credits for the business that would make up for the leave granted to the sick employee in order for them to properly quarantine themselves. The thought being that general public would do the right thing and stay home when they were sick - if it didn't hit them in the wallet.
The "requirement" part of the law ended on January 1st, 2021 - but that doesn't mean you necessarily have go to work sick. According to KLFY, the feds will still provide that same tax credit to your employer until March. Basically, if your boss is cool - you might still get the paid days off to get better.
READ MORE: See how some companies are changing their businesses to combat COVID-19
More From Gator 99.5
![You Won’t Believe The Salary Needed To Survive As A Single Person In Louisiana!](http://townsquare.media/site/149/files/2024/07/attachment-money-cover.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Chris Lane Tests Positive for the Omicron COVID-19 Variant](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2021/12/attachment-ChrisLane-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Federal Appeals Court Halts Biden’s Business Vaccine Mandate](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2018/03/Jeff-Landry-as-Attorney-General-Facebook-e1469743958477.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Louisiana’s Shot for $100 Program Extended – Now Includes Kids](http://townsquare.media/site/33/files/2021/11/GettyImages-1270517911.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Ringling Brothers Announces Return of Greatest Show on Earth](http://townsquare.media/site/33/files/2021/10/attachment-Circus-2-FOX-13-Tampa-Bay.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Vaccination Status now a Key Credential in Finding a Job](http://townsquare.media/site/33/files/2021/09/attachment-sebastian-herrmann-NbtIDoFKGO8-unsplash1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Zac Brown Reveals COVID-19 Diagnosis, Pauses Tour](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2019/08/zac-brown-alaska-property-dispute.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Mark Chesnutt Is on the Mend and Hitting the Road After Battling COVID-19](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2021/09/attachment-mark.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![David Allan Coe Discharged From Hospital After Battling COVID-19](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2015/09/David-Allan-Coe.jpg?w=980&q=75)