Today the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) became effective, requiring employers with fewer than 500 employees to begin providing paid sick leave and expanded family leave for employees who are unable to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, the DOL Wage & Hour Division issued new regulations implementing these paid leave provisions. The Temporary Regulations are effective immediately, from April 1 through December 31, 2020, although DOL has deferred enforcement initially until April 18, 2020. The new regulations generally are consistent with the informal guidances (Questions and Answers) that DOL recently issued. The regulations are available HERE .
We will be discussing these regulations, as well as other coronavirus-related developments, during our upcoming COVID-19 Weekly Briefing on Monday, April 6 th . If you would like to register for the weekly briefing, please click register HERE .
Please contact either John Clifford at FortneyScott ( jclifford@fortneyscott.com ) or your FortneyScott attorney if you have questions regarding the impact of these new regulations, or how the FFCRA affects your company’s compliance obligations.
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