Today is December 10th. I know you don’t need me to tell you today’s date, but I’m going somewhere with it. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) will expire in exactly three weeks. Can Congress extend the FFCRA? Sure. There’s no sign that it will do so at the moment, though. Could Congress resurrect […]
What Happens When FMLA and State Laws Collide?
Your employee has just told you she is pregnant and plans to take maternity leave. As her due date gets closer, she advises you that she plans to take up to 12 weeks off to recover from childbirth and then exercise her rights under State law to take another 12 weeks to bond with her […]
Even More Guidance on COVID-19, FMLA, FLSA and FFCRA
To say that COVID-19 has shaped the year would be an understatement. COVID-19 will probably shape the decade at the very least. Just as we think we are getting a handle on how to respond, we see a new challenge. As employers, you may experience this phenomenon daily or even more frequently. As I have […]
(When) Do You Have to Pay Employees Quarantined With COVID-19??
You don’t have to pay employees for time they didn’t work, right? So if your employees are out sick, or, let’s say, they are in quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re not working, so you don’t have to pay them, right? But wait a minute, there’s the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), so […]
Are Your Employee’s COVID-19-related Claims Covered Under Workers’ Comp?
What happens if while you are open for business, one or more of your employees contracts COVID-19? What happens if one or more of your employees is exposed to another of your workers that had COVID-19? Is that a work-related illness covered by workers’ comp? Isn’t it a work-related illness? If it is, then the […]