The Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act
Employers with 500 or less employees must provide leave to workers who need to care for a child under 18 because of a school closure related to COVID-19;
SMALL EMPLOYER EXEMPTION: Employers with 50 employees or less may be exempted from this law if the law would jeopardize their business as a going concern. (This is reported to mean
that small employers canโt be sued: the appears to exempt employers with fewer than 50 employees in a 75-mile radius from civil FMLA damages in an FMLA lawsuit.)
The new law modifies the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (โFMLAโ) temporarily through the end of 2020 and includes a requirement that employers provide paid sick leave to employees
impacted by COVID-19.
The Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act
Most employers, with limited exceptions, are to provide paid sick leave to employees unable to work or telework if the employee:
Employees are entitled to the following durations of paid sick time:
An employer cannot require an employee to use other paid sick leave time provided by the employer before the employee uses the paid sick time provided for by this new law.
The Secretary of Labor will be providing a notice employers are required to post regarding the changes above to the law.
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