WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Do countries with national paid sick leave include eligibility exemptions based on firm size?

Exemptions for agricultural workers in farms with fewer than 10 workers means that while national paid sick leave is broadly available, legislation excludes agricultural workers employed at farms with fewer than 10 workers from eligibility

Exemptions for family or agricultural workers in farms with fewer than 6 workers means that while national paid sick leave is broadly available, legislative loopholes exclude family workers or agricultural workers who are employed at enterprises with fewer than 6 employees from eligibility

No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave means that legislation guarantees workers paid sick leave, without any legislative loopholes that exclude workers at smaller enterprises broadly, or in specific sectors

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

Bangladesh - Exemptions for agricultural workers in farms with fewer than 10 workers

Equatorial Guinea - Exemptions for family or agricultural workers in enterprises with fewer than 6 workers

Uganda - Exemptions for family or agricultural workers in enterprises with fewer than 6 workers

Afghanistan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Albania - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Algeria - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Andorra - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Angola - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Antigua and Barbuda - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Argentina - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Armenia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Australia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Austria - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Azerbaijan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Bahamas - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Bahrain - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Barbados - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Belarus - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Belgium - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Belize - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Benin - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Bhutan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Bolivia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Botswana - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Brazil - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Brunei - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Bulgaria - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Burkina Faso - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Burundi - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Cambodia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Cameroon - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Canada - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Cabo Verde - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Central African Republic - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Chad - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Chile - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

China - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Colombia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Comoros - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Republic of the Congo - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Costa Rica - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Croatia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Cuba - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Cyprus - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Czech Republic - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Denmark - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Djibouti - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Dominica - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Dominican Republic - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Ecuador - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Egypt - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

El Salvador - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Eritrea - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Estonia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Ethiopia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Fiji - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Finland - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

France - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Gabon - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

The Gambia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Georgia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Germany - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Ghana - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Greece - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Greenland - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Grenada - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Guatemala - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Guinea - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Guinea-Bissau - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Guyana - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Haiti - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Honduras - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Hungary - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Iceland - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

India - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Indonesia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Iran - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Iraq - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Ireland - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Israel - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Italy - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Jamaica - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Japan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Jordan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Kazakhstan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Kenya - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Kiribati - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Kuwait - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Kyrgyzstan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Laos - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Latvia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Lebanon - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Lesotho - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Liberia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Libya - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Liechtenstein - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Lithuania - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Luxembourg - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

North Macedonia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Madagascar - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Malawi - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Malaysia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Maldives - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Mali - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Malta - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Mauritania - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Mauritius - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Mexico - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Moldova - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Monaco - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Mongolia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Montenegro - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Morocco - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Mozambique - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Myanmar - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Namibia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Nepal - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

The Netherlands - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

New Zealand - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Nicaragua - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Niger - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Nigeria - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Norway - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Oman - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Pakistan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Panama - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Papua New Guinea - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Paraguay - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Peru - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

The Philippines - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Poland - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Portugal - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Qatar - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Romania - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Russian Federation - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Rwanda - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Samoa - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

San Marino - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Saudi Arabia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Senegal - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Serbia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Seychelles - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Sierra Leone - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Singapore - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Slovakia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Slovenia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Solomon Islands - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

South Africa - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

South Sudan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Spain - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

St. Kitts and Nevis - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

St. Lucia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Sudan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Suriname - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Eswatini - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Sweden - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Switzerland - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Syria - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Tajikistan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Tanzania - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Thailand - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Timor-Leste - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Togo - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Tunisia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Türkiye - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Turkmenistan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Tuvalu - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Ukraine - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

United Arab Emirates - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

United Kingdom - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Uruguay - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Uzbekistan - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Vanuatu - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Venezuela - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Vietnam - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Yemen - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Zambia - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave

Zimbabwe - No firm size exemptions to national paid sick leave