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Does short-term paid sick leave cover self-employed workers, part-time workers, and recently hired workers?This ranking shows the extent to which countries extend paid sick leave provisions to all workers. Coverage for self-employed and part-time workers denotes explicit guarantees of benefits, while coverage to recently hired workers denotes an absence of a tenure requirement of one month or more.

Self-employed workers are “self-employed,” “own-account,” and “independent workers,” regardless of sector. Paid sick leave is considered to be explicitly guaranteed to self-employed workers when social security legislation explicitly outlines coverage for self-employed workers either as part of the main social security sickness benefit or a separate program. This includes both mandatory and voluntary coverage.

Part-time workers are employees whose normal hours of work are less than full-time. This threshold is defined in relation to normal full-time hours as defined nationally, and does not include overtime. Only explicit guarantees of paid sick leave to part-time workers are included in this ranking.

Recently hired workers means workers with one month of tenure. Paid sick leave is considered to be guaranteed to recently hired workers when legislation does not specify a minimum tenure or contribution requirement to be eligible for leave or specifies a requirement that is one month or less.

No explicit paid sick leave for these workers means that legislation either a) does not explicitly address paid sick leave for self-employed or part-time workers or b) excludes them from national benefits, and establishes minimum tenure or contribution requirements that would exclude recently hired workers.

Coverage for some of these workers means that legislation either guarantees paid sick leave to part-time workers, or self-employed workers, or recently hired workers

Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers means that legislation covers all of these workers

Countries

Bahrain - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Brunei - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Cambodia - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Guatemala - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Guinea - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

India - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Jamaica - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Kenya - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Republic of Korea - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Lesotho - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Malawi - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Marshall Islands - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Micronesia, Federated States of - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Morocco - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Nauru - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Pakistan - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Palau - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Papua New Guinea - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Qatar - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Sierra Leone - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Solomon Islands - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Somalia - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Sri Lanka - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Sudan - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Eswatini - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Switzerland - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Tanzania - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Tonga - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Trinidad and Tobago - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

United Arab Emirates - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

United States of America - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Vanuatu - No explicit paid sick leave for these workers

Afghanistan - Coverage for some of these workers

Algeria - Coverage for some of these workers

Andorra - Coverage for some of these workers

Angola - Coverage for some of these workers

Antigua and Barbuda - Coverage for some of these workers

Argentina - Coverage for some of these workers

Australia - Coverage for some of these workers

Azerbaijan - Coverage for some of these workers

Bahamas - Coverage for some of these workers

Bangladesh - Coverage for some of these workers

Barbados - Coverage for some of these workers

Belize - Coverage for some of these workers

Benin - Coverage for some of these workers

Bhutan - Coverage for some of these workers

Bolivia - Coverage for some of these workers

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Coverage for some of these workers

Botswana - Coverage for some of these workers

Brazil - Coverage for some of these workers

Burkina Faso - Coverage for some of these workers

Burundi - Coverage for some of these workers

Cameroon - Coverage for some of these workers

Canada - Coverage for some of these workers

Central African Republic - Coverage for some of these workers

Chad - Coverage for some of these workers

Chile - Coverage for some of these workers

China - Coverage for some of these workers

Colombia - Coverage for some of these workers

Comoros - Coverage for some of these workers

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Coverage for some of these workers

Republic of the Congo - Coverage for some of these workers

Costa Rica - Coverage for some of these workers

Cuba - Coverage for some of these workers

Cyprus - Coverage for some of these workers

Czech Republic - Coverage for some of these workers

Denmark - Coverage for some of these workers

Djibouti - Coverage for some of these workers

Dominica - Coverage for some of these workers

Dominican Republic - Coverage for some of these workers

Egypt - Coverage for some of these workers

El Salvador - Coverage for some of these workers

Equatorial Guinea - Coverage for some of these workers

Eritrea - Coverage for some of these workers

Estonia - Coverage for some of these workers

Ethiopia - Coverage for some of these workers

Fiji - Coverage for some of these workers

Gabon - Coverage for some of these workers

The Gambia - Coverage for some of these workers

Georgia - Coverage for some of these workers

Ghana - Coverage for some of these workers

Greenland - Coverage for some of these workers

Grenada - Coverage for some of these workers

Guinea-Bissau - Coverage for some of these workers

Guyana - Coverage for some of these workers

Haiti - Coverage for some of these workers

Honduras - Coverage for some of these workers

Indonesia - Coverage for some of these workers

Iran - Coverage for some of these workers

Iraq - Coverage for some of these workers

Ireland - Coverage for some of these workers

Israel - Coverage for some of these workers

Japan - Coverage for some of these workers

Jordan - Coverage for some of these workers

Kazakhstan - Coverage for some of these workers

Kiribati - Coverage for some of these workers

Kuwait - Coverage for some of these workers

Kyrgyzstan - Coverage for some of these workers

Laos - Coverage for some of these workers

Lebanon - Coverage for some of these workers

Liberia - Coverage for some of these workers

Libya - Coverage for some of these workers

Liechtenstein - Coverage for some of these workers

Malaysia - Coverage for some of these workers

Maldives - Coverage for some of these workers

Mali - Coverage for some of these workers

Mauritania - Coverage for some of these workers

Mauritius - Coverage for some of these workers

Mexico - Coverage for some of these workers

Monaco - Coverage for some of these workers

Mozambique - Coverage for some of these workers

Myanmar - Coverage for some of these workers

Nepal - Coverage for some of these workers

Nicaragua - Coverage for some of these workers

Niger - Coverage for some of these workers

Nigeria - Coverage for some of these workers

Oman - Coverage for some of these workers

Panama - Coverage for some of these workers

Paraguay - Coverage for some of these workers

Peru - Coverage for some of these workers

The Philippines - Coverage for some of these workers

Rwanda - Coverage for some of these workers

Samoa - Coverage for some of these workers

Sao Tome and Principe - Coverage for some of these workers

Saudi Arabia - Coverage for some of these workers

Senegal - Coverage for some of these workers

Seychelles - Coverage for some of these workers

Singapore - Coverage for some of these workers

South Africa - Coverage for some of these workers

South Sudan - Coverage for some of these workers

St. Kitts and Nevis - Coverage for some of these workers

St. Lucia - Coverage for some of these workers

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Coverage for some of these workers

Syria - Coverage for some of these workers

Thailand - Coverage for some of these workers

Timor-Leste - Coverage for some of these workers

Togo - Coverage for some of these workers

Tunisia - Coverage for some of these workers

Türkiye - Coverage for some of these workers

Turkmenistan - Coverage for some of these workers

Tuvalu - Coverage for some of these workers

Uganda - Coverage for some of these workers

Uruguay - Coverage for some of these workers

Uzbekistan - Coverage for some of these workers

Vietnam - Coverage for some of these workers

Yemen - Coverage for some of these workers

Zimbabwe - Coverage for some of these workers

Albania - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Armenia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Austria - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Belarus - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Belgium - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Bulgaria - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Cabo Verde - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Cote d'Ivoire - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Croatia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Ecuador - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Finland - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

France - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Germany - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Greece - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Hungary - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Iceland - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Italy - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Latvia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Lithuania - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Luxembourg - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

North Macedonia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Malta - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Moldova - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Mongolia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Montenegro - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Namibia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

The Netherlands - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

New Zealand - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Norway - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Poland - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Portugal - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Romania - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Russian Federation - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

San Marino - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Serbia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Slovakia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Slovenia - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Spain - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Sweden - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Tajikistan - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Ukraine - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

United Kingdom - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers

Venezuela - Paid sick leave covers self-employed, part-time, and recently hired workers