State-level paid sick leave: impacts of policy design on access by immigrant workers
Zhenyi Luo, Aleta Sprague, Michael McCormack, Jody Heymann · 2026
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Zhenyi Luo, Aleta Sprague, Michael McCormack, and Jody Heymann offer a two thousand twenty-six study of how state paid sick leave laws reach immigrant workers. Noncitizens cluster in public-facing jobs yet often lack employer sick pay. State laws expanded fast, with eligibility rules varying quietly.
Eligibility rules from fifteen states and the capital district were linked to national labour data. Coverage ran lower for noncitizens than citizens overall. Gaps were significant in six jurisdictions and widest in Connecticut. Simulations fingered exclusions for independent contractors and small-firm staff as the main drivers of inequality.
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| CREATOR | Zhenyi Luo, Aleta Sprague, Michael McCormack, Jody Heymann |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |