It provides free testing, food assistance, unemployment benefits and some paid leave for employees at companies with fewer than 500 people.
The House bill, however, provides paid leave for workers if they have been diagnosed with the coronavirus or if they are caring for a family member who has it, or if they are caring for a child or another dependent due to a school or care facility closing.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives to deliver a statement on a coronavirus economic aid package ahead of a vote in the House of Representatives in Washington on FridayIn addition to the expansion of paid family leave, the bill also establishes a new paid sick leave program that calls for employers to immediately grant 14 days of paid sick leave that can be used by infected people, caretakers and parents whose children's schools have been closed.
States would be required to loosen eligibility requirements for unemployment, such as work search requirements or waiting periods.The bill allocates an additional $500 million to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children, which provides access to food for low-income pregnant women and mothers, with young children, who have lost their jobs due to the outbreak.
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