S.C.R. No. 152 Summary

• Urges state and private health care networks to allow sick employees to take time off for illness without fear of retaliation or retribution.

• Directs health care networks to review their attendance policies in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, citing concerns that strict absence policies force sick workers to continue working with critically ill patients.

• Identifies problematic policies that penalize workers for two absences within one month or two instances of tardiness within 14 consecutive days, which may result in corrective action, denial of time off requests, and impacts to transfers, scheduling, promotions, and employment status.

• Notes that as of March 4, 2020, COVID-19 had spread to over 75 nations with more than 92,800 confirmed cases and at least 3,200 deaths worldwide, with no vaccine or cure available.

• Requires certified copies be transmitted to the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and heads of all state and private health care networks.