Several states have issued statements and created websites to help workers understand their workers’ compensation or disability options if they are exposed to or contract COVID-19 in the workplace.

On Monday, PA’s Secretary of Labor and Industry Jerry Oleksiak announced guidance for workers who believe they may have been exposed at work, telling workers to notify employers to file a typical “disease-as-injury” workers’ comp claim or an “occupational disease” comp claim and provide medical evidence.

In Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to expand unemployment and workers’ compensation benefits to workers who contract or who are exposed to the virus at the workplace.

California recently created a question and answer for employers and workers, which includes links on how medical professionals who are unable to work because of COVID-19 exposure or contraction can file a disability insurance claim. An executive order signed by CA Gov. Gavin Newsom temporarily waives the one-week waiting period for collecting disability insurance benefits.

New Jersey also created a Q&A to help workers, providing information on how they can apply for temporary disability insurance if they are quarantined and no longer have sick leave, as well as workers’ compensation if they contracted the virus in the workplace. The state also said people who have been ordered to quarantine because of exposure at work may be eligible for workers’ comp, and those who cannot go to work because they are at greater risk of contracting the virus may be eligible for temporary disability insurance.

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