Good Morning,

 

Yesterday the Department of Labor released the temporary rule on the leave for businesses with fewer than 500 employees under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

 

We are going through the rule right now.  Many of you have submitted questions to covidqs@opra.org on this topic. If you submitted question to the email on the leave, we may send out any additional clarification to our responses that the rule provides.    

 

Thank you and stay safe!

 

Christine

 

Christine Touvelle

Ohio Provider Resource Association

Policy Analyst

(614) 224-6772 x 117

ctouvelle@opra.org

 

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Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 3:34 PM
To: Christine Touvelle <CTouvelle@opra.org>
Subject: U.S. Department Of Labor Announces New Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Implementation

 

 

Wage and Hour Division

FFCRA

 

Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced new action regarding how American workers and employers will benefit from the protections and relief offered by the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, both part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) posted a temporary rule issuing regulations pursuant to this new law, effective today, April 1, 2020.

 

FFCRA helps the United States combat the workplace effects of COVID-19 by reimbursing American private employers that have fewer than 500 employees with tax credits for the costs of providing employees with paid leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The law enables employers to keep their workers on their payrolls, while at the same time ensuring that workers are not forced to choose between their paychecks and the public health measures needed to combat the virus. WHD administers the paid leave provisions of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act.

 

WHD will post a recorded webinar on Friday, April 3, 2020 to provide interested parties a more in-depth description and help them learn more about the FFCRA.

 

To view the webinar visit https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic

 

WHD invites webinar viewers to call the agency’s toll-free help line at 866-4US-WAGE to speak with a trained WHD professional about any questions they may have.

 

WHD offers a number of plain-language compliance assistance materials to explain the FFCRA’s benefits and requirements. Tools include a Fact Sheet for Employees and a Fact Sheet for Employers, available in both English and Spanish, and an expansive list of Questions and Answers addressing the questions WHD has most frequently received from stakeholders to-date. Available guidance also includes two new posters, one for federal workers and one for all other employees, available in both English and Spanish, that will fulfill notice requirements for employers obligated to inform employees about their rights under this new law, Questions and Answers about posting requirements, and a Field Assistance Bulletin describing WHD’s 30-day non-enforcement policy.

 

WHD provides additional information on common issues employers and employees face when responding to COVID-19 and its effects on wages and hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act and job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic.

 

For more information about the laws enforced by the WHD, call 866-4US-WAGE, or visit www.dol.gov/agencies/whd.

 

For further information about COVID-19, please visit the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

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