Washington (CNN) Tens of millions of workers lost the right to paid sick and family leave at the end of December after Congress failed to extend them in the new relief package. Congress provided the pandemic-related benefit in March to give ill workers and parents whose children's schools were suddenly closed a cushion. But lawmakers left out the guaranteed paid leave in a broad economic stimulus deal passed days before the benefit was set to end -- even as the number of Covid cases and deaths surged. Those businesses in public facing industries like food service may not continue to provide the leave," said Tanya Goldman, a senior policy analyst and attorney at The Center for Law and Social Policy. "We know workers will go to work sick because they have to," she added.

Source: CNN January 10, 2021 16:07 UTC