WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are workers required to have worked for their employers for a year to receive paid sick leave benefits?

Tenure requirements impact whether workers who have recently changed jobs (voluntarily, due to unemployment, or after finishing school), have access to paid sick leave benefits.

Tenure refers to length of continuous employment with the same employer

This map does not consider contribution requirements which refer to payments (typically a defined percentage of earnings deducted from worker paychecks) made to the national social insurance system

Yes, 12 months tenure required means that workers must have 12 months of continuous employment with the same employer to be eligible for paid sick leave benefits

Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months means that workers must be continuously employed for a minimum amount of time to be eligible for paid sick leave benefits– but this minimum length is less than 12 months

No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave means that countries extend workers access to at least some paid sick leave benefits without explicitly requiring a minimum period of employment.

Countries

Republic of Korea - No national paid sick leave

Marshall Islands - No national paid sick leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No national paid sick leave

Nauru - No national paid sick leave

Palau - No national paid sick leave

Somalia - No national paid sick leave

Sri Lanka - No national paid sick leave

Tonga - No national paid sick leave

United States of America - No national paid sick leave

Liberia - Yes, 12 months tenure required

Malawi - Yes, 12 months tenure required

Samoa - Yes, 12 months tenure required

Sierra Leone - Yes, 12 months tenure required

Tuvalu - Yes, 12 months tenure required

Algeria - sick_tenure__3

Andorra - sick_tenure__3

Bahamas - sick_tenure__3

Barbados - sick_tenure__3

Belarus - sick_tenure__3

Cambodia - sick_tenure__3

Canada - sick_tenure__3

Chile - sick_tenure__3

China - sick_tenure__3

Colombia - sick_tenure__3

Costa Rica - sick_tenure__3

Cuba - sick_tenure__3

Cyprus - sick_tenure__3

Dominica - sick_tenure__3

Dominican Republic - sick_tenure__3

Egypt - sick_tenure__3

El Salvador - sick_tenure__3

France - sick_tenure__3

Germany - sick_tenure__3

Ghana - sick_tenure__3

Greece - sick_tenure__3

Greenland - sick_tenure__3

Grenada - sick_tenure__3

Guatemala - sick_tenure__3

Guinea - sick_tenure__3

Guinea-Bissau - sick_tenure__3

Guyana - sick_tenure__3

Honduras - sick_tenure__3

Hungary - sick_tenure__3

Iceland - sick_tenure__3

India - sick_tenure__3

Iran - sick_tenure__3

Ireland - sick_tenure__3

Italy - sick_tenure__3

Japan - sick_tenure__3

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - sick_tenure__3

Kyrgyzstan - sick_tenure__3

Laos - sick_tenure__3

Malta - sick_tenure__3

Mexico - sick_tenure__3

Monaco - sick_tenure__3

Morocco - sick_tenure__3

Mozambique - sick_tenure__3

Namibia - sick_tenure__3

New Zealand - sick_tenure__3

Pakistan - sick_tenure__3

Panama - sick_tenure__3

The Philippines - sick_tenure__3

Portugal - sick_tenure__3

Sao Tome and Principe - sick_tenure__3

South Africa - sick_tenure__3

St. Kitts and Nevis - sick_tenure__3

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - sick_tenure__3

Tajikistan - sick_tenure__3

Trinidad and Tobago - sick_tenure__3

Tunisia - sick_tenure__3

Türkiye - sick_tenure__3

Turkmenistan - sick_tenure__3

Uruguay - sick_tenure__3

Uzbekistan - sick_tenure__3

Venezuela - sick_tenure__3

Vietnam - sick_tenure__3

Azerbaijan - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Bahrain - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Belgium - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Belize - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Bhutan - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Brunei - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Denmark - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Estonia - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Fiji - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Haiti - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Israel - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Jamaica - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Kenya - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Kiribati - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Lebanon - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Lesotho - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Mauritius - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Myanmar - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Norway - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Papua New Guinea - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Qatar - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Singapore - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Solomon Islands - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

St. Lucia - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Sudan - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Suriname - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Eswatini - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Sweden - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Switzerland - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Tanzania - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Uganda - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

United Arab Emirates - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

United Kingdom - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Vanuatu - Tenure requirements, but less than 12 months

Afghanistan - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Albania - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Angola - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Antigua and Barbuda - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Argentina - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Armenia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Australia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Austria - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Bangladesh - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Benin - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Bolivia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Botswana - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Brazil - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Bulgaria - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Burkina Faso - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Burundi - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Cameroon - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Cabo Verde - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Central African Republic - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Chad - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Comoros - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Republic of the Congo - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Croatia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Czech Republic - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Djibouti - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Ecuador - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Equatorial Guinea - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Eritrea - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Ethiopia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Finland - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Gabon - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

The Gambia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Georgia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Indonesia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Iraq - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Jordan - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Kazakhstan - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Kuwait - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Latvia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Libya - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Liechtenstein - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Lithuania - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Luxembourg - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

North Macedonia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Madagascar - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Malaysia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Maldives - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Mali - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Mauritania - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Moldova - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Mongolia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Montenegro - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Nepal - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

The Netherlands - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Nicaragua - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Niger - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Nigeria - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Oman - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Paraguay - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Peru - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Poland - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Romania - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Russian Federation - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Rwanda - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

San Marino - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Saudi Arabia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Senegal - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Serbia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Seychelles - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Slovakia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Slovenia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

South Sudan - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Spain - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Syria - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Thailand - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Timor-Leste - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Togo - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Ukraine - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Yemen - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Zambia - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave

Zimbabwe - No explicit tenure requirements to access at least some leave