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Off-duty worker ignores social distancing: How to respond

06/18/2020

If you discover that employees have flaunted local COVID-19 guidelines outside of work, can you place them on an unpaid leave of absence to quarantine before they return to work?

No day camp…no problem: Paid FMLA leave may still apply

06/18/2020

According to the Department of Labor, paid FMLA leave isn’t available after schools close for the summer, because that’s not a coronavirus-related reason. But, up to 12 weeks of paid FMLA leave may be available, if camps or other programs in which employees’ kids were enrolled didn’t open due to the coronavirus.

Coming to a court near you: covid-19 lawsuits

05/27/2020

In just a few weeks, dozens of federal lawsuits have been filed alleging some workplace wrong related to the coronavirus or covid-19.

Next big coronavirus threat: lawsuits against employers

05/21/2020

With so many workers unemployed and with little to lose (and a lot to gain), they aren’t being shy about bringing coronavirus legal claims related to workplace safety, wages, leave accommodations and more.

New coronavirus bill includes more paid leave

05/21/2020

The latest coronavirus relief bill—the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, passed by the House of Representatives on May 15—contains many provisions that will affect employers if it is enacted.

Settlement in first-ever DOL coronavirus case

04/30/2020

It didn’t take long for the U.S. Department of Labor to cite an employer for breaking the new paid sick leave rules written into the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

What you can, can’t ask staff during pandemic

04/09/2020

When workers ask for leave because they can’t or don’t want to come to work, you need to know exactly what you can and cannot ask.

IRS spells out paid sick, family leave documentation requirements

04/07/2020

New guidance from the IRS states that employees must submit written requests to document their need for paid sick leave and paid family leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

DOL issues employer guidance on leave provisions of FFCRA

03/31/2020

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has issued a new round of guidance telling employers how to comply with the paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave benefits written into the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that went into effect April 1.

New law requires paid-leave recordkeeping

03/26/2020

Effective April 2, employers that may never have had to worry about the FMLA because they don’t have enough employees will have to become family-leave experts in a hurry. And all employers will have to figure out how to manage a new paid-leave benefit.