So I caught COVID almost a week ago now (after two people I live with caught it too), and so naturally I took some time off work. Thanks to something called the Healthy Families and Workplace Act that Colorado passed a while back, I SHOULD be entitled to up to 80 hours of PAID leave. The catch is this emergency leave is only available as long as a federal or a state “emergency” remains (which it does). So that shouldn't be a problem.
Heck, I didn't even need to catch COVID at ALL to be entitled to paid leave, simply being isolated with people that do have COVID is enough under this act. That is, OFC, unless you work for Walmart (which I do). I put in my leave claim the other day – only to recently find out that it's for unpaid leave, and after calling and speaking to a representative I was told that the only states with paid leave in relation to COVID is New York and California.
Here is the official webpage from the GOVERNMENT if you'd like a look.
It's getting close to a year since I started working for Walmart, and I haven't loved it much. Might be time to find a new job.