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Can sick time be used to care for loved ones?	Yes: spouse; domestic partner or a person cohabiting with the employee in a conjugal relationship that is not a legal marriage; child; parent or legal guardian; sibling; grandparent; aunt or uncle; parent or sibling of the employee’s spouse; a person who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a minor child; any individual related by blood or whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship.	Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or domestic partner; spouses; grandparents; spouses or domestic partners of grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; domestic partners; or an individual the employer has permitted the worker to care for at the time the worker requested to use sick time.	Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; spouses; registered domestic partners; grandparents, grandchildren, or siblings (of the employee or the employee’s spouse/registered domestic partner); and any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship	Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grand-parents; spouses; registered domestic partners; siblings; and, if a worker has no spouse/domestic partner, a designated person of worker’s choice	Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; spouses; grandchildren; grandparents; siblings; and members of the worker’s household.	Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; and siblings, or a designated person of the worker's choice.	Yes: children; legal guardians or wards; spouses; domestic partners (including parties to a civil union); parents; parents of a spouse or domestic partner; grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; or any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the worker is the equivalent of a family relationship.	Yes: a person who is related by blood, marriage, civil union, or adoption; a child to whom the worker stands in loco parentis; a person who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a minor; and a person for whom the employee is responsible for providing or arranging health- or safety-related care.	Yes: spouse; sibling; child; grandparent; grandchild; parent; or an individual related to the employee by blood or affinity whose close association the employee shows to be equivalent to those family relationships.	Yes: children; grandchildren; spouses of children; siblings; spouses of siblings; parents; parents of a spouse/domestic partner; spouses; registered domestic partners; and a person with whom the worker has a committed (mutual, familial) relationship and has shared a mutual residence for at least the preceding 12 months	Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; siblings; and, if a worker has no spouse/registered domestic partner, a designated person of the worker’s choice. Paid sick time can also be used to care for a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog of the worker or worker’s family member or designated person.		Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; siblings; and any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the worker is the equivalent of a family relationship.	Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; legal guardians; spouses; grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; and individuals who acted as a parent or stood in loco parentis to the employee (or the employee’s spouse) when the employee (or the employee’s spouse) was a minor. Beginning on October 1, 2020, wards of the employee or the employee’s spouse and legal guardians of the employee’s spouse will be covered as well.	Yes: children; spouses; parents; or parents of a spouse	Yes: spouse; domestic partner; child; parent or legal guardian of the employee or employee’s spouse or domestic partner; person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child; grandparent; grandchild; sibling; or an individual related to the employee by blood or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.	Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; spouses; registered domestic partners; grandchildren; grandparents; siblings; and members of the worker’s household	Yes: children; spouses or registered domestic partners; siblings; parents; grandchildren, grandparents; children of an employee’s sibling (e.g., niece/nephew); sibling of an employee’s parent (e.g., aunt/uncle). Sick time can also be used to care for: any of the family members listed above of an employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner; any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship; and up to one additional individual annually designated by the employee.	Yes: spouse; domestic partner or someone with whom the employee is in a continuing romantic or intimate relationship that is not a legal marriage; child; parent or legal guardian of the employee or employee’s spouse, or person who stood in loco parentis when the employee or employee’s spouse was a minor child; grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee or employee’s spouse; or a person for whom the employee is responsible for providing or arranging health or safety-related care.	Yes: children; parents and legal guardians of the worker; spouses; grandparents; spouses of grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; and spouses of siblings.	Yes: child; spouse; parent or legal guardian of the employee or employee’s spouse; a person who stood in loco parentis to the employee or employee’s spouse when the employee or spouse was a minor child; grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee or employee’s spouse; any individual related by blood to the employee or whose close relationship to the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.	Yes: children; grandchildren; siblings; spouses; registered domestic partners; civil union partners; parents (including parents of an employee’s spouse, registered domestic partner, or civil union partner); grandparents; spouses, registered domestic partners, or civil union partners of a parent or grandparent; siblings of a spouse, registered domestic partner, or civil union partner; and any other individual related by blood to the employee or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.	Yes: spouses; domestic partners; the child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner; an individual whose close association with the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner is the equivalent of a family relationship; and a spouse or domestic partner of one of the aforementioned family members.	Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or domestic partner; spouses; domestic partners; grandparents, grandchildren, or siblings.		Yes: children; parents; legal guardian or ward; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; siblings; and, if a worker has no spouse/registered domestic partner, a designated person of the worker’s choice.	Yes: children; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; grandparents; and grandchildren.		Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; spouses; grandparents; the spouse of a grandparent; grandchildren; siblings; the spouse of a sibling; and a life partner (a long-term committed relationship between two unmarried individuals of the same sex or gender identity who meet certain, specified requirements)	Yes: children; parents; parents of a spouse or domestic partner; spouses; domestic partners; grandchildren; grandparents; the spouse or domestic partner of a grandparent; siblings; and any individual for whom the worker received oral permission from the employer to care for at the time of the worker’s request to make use of sick time	Yes: children; parents; spouses; parents-in-law; grandparents; grandchildren; domestic partners (broadly defined); siblings; care recipients; and members of the worker’s household. A “care recipient” is any person for whom the worker is responsible for providing or arranging health or safety related care.	Yes: children; spouses or registered domestic partners; siblings; parents; grandchildren, grandparents; children of your sibling (e.g., niece/nephew); sibling of your parent (e.g., aunt/uncle). Sick time can also be used to care for: any of the family members listed above of a spouse or registered domestic partner; any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship; and up to one additional individual annually designated by the employee.	Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners (registered under state/local law or with the internal registry of at least one partner’s employer); parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; and siblings.	Yes: children; parents; legal guardian or ward; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; siblings; and if a worker has no spouse/registered domestic partner, a designated person of the worker’s choice. As of January 1, 2017, the parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner will also be covered.	Yes: children; parents; grandchildren; grandparents; spouses; registered domestic partners; parents of a spouse or registered domestic partner; and siblings.		Yes: children; parents; parent of a spouse or registered domestic partner; spouses; registered domestic partners; grandparents; grandchildren; and siblings.	Yes: children; parents; grandparents; grandchildren; siblings; spouses; and registered domestic partners (local or state registries).			Yes: children; parents; parents-in-law; grandparents; spouses; grandchildren; and siblings.	Yes: child; parent; parent of a spouse or state-registered domestic partner; spouse or state-registered domestic partner; grandparent; grandchild; sibling; and any individual who regularly resides in the employee’s home or where the relationship creates an expectation that the employee care for the person, and that individual depends on the employee for care.