To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: States continue to take action to fill in the gaps left by federal legislation providing leave for reasons related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. California and Oregon have taken such action in recent months by expanding the availability and use of COVID-19 leave under state law. California COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave On September 9, 2020, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1867, providing supplemental COVID-19 paid sick leave to three groups of California employees: (1) all employees of hiring entities employing 500 or more employees nationwide; (2) health care and emergency responder employees who work for employers that elected to exclude the employees from emergency paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), without respect to employer size; and (3) food sector employees of hiring entities employing 500 or more employees nationwide (thereby codifying emergency executive orders that previously provided paid leave to such food sector workers).