Good Afternoon,

The US Department of Labor (DOL) released some new resources (found here) on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act leave and sick time requirements for employers with fewer than 500 employees including a fact sheets, question and answers, posters and field assistance bulletins. The posters found on the website can be used to help satisfy the requirement to notify employees about the new benefit. Many of the questions we have received are addressed in the various resources, however additional guidance is still forthcoming.

Additionally, DOL is soliciting feedback and ideas on “ shaping the development of USDOL's compliance assistance materials and outreach strategies related to the implementation of the FFCRA. USDOL will use the ideas and comments gathered from this dialogue to develop compliance assistance guidance, resources, and tools, and outreach approaches that assist employers and employees in understanding their responsibilities and rights, respectively, under the FFCRA. We need your input by March 29, 2020.” You can provide feedback here.

Please let me or covidqs@opra.org know what questions you have!

Christine

Christine Touvelle

Ohio Provider Resource Association

Policy Analyst

(614) 224-6772 x 117

ctouvelle@opra.org