[Official Guidance]

Text of DOL Temporary Regs: Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (PDF)

124 pages. "[T]he FFCRA requires covered employers to provide eligible employees up to two weeks of paid sick leave at full pay, up to a specified cap, when the employee is unable to work because the employee is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-9, has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19, or is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and seeking a medical diagnosis. The FFCRA also provides up to two weeks of paid sick leave at partial pay, up to a specified cap, when an employee is unable to work because of a need to care for an individual subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19 or who has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19; because of a need to care for the employee's son or daughter whose school or place of care is closed, or whose child care provider is unavailable, due to COVID-19 related reasons; or because the employee is experiencing a substantially similar condition ... The FFCRA also requires covered employers to provide up to twelve weeks of expanded family and medical leave, up to ten weeks of which must be paid at partial pay, up to a specified cap, when an eligible employee is unable to work because of a need to care for the employee's son or daughter whose school or place of care is closed, or whose child care provider is unavailable, due to COVID-19 related reasons.

"The FFCRA covers private employers with fewer than 500 employees and certain public employers. Small employers with fewer than 50 employees may qualify for an exemption from the requirement to provide paid leave due to school, place of care, or child care provider closings or unavailability, if the leave payments would jeopardize the viability of their business as a going concern."

These temporary regs cover:

• Paid Leave Entitlements
• Employee Eligibility
• Employer Coverage
• Intermittent Leave
• Leave to Care for a Child Due to School or Place of Care Closure or Child Care Unavailability -- Interaction between the EPSLA and the EFMLEA
• Leave to Care for a Child Due to School or Place of Care Closure or Child Care Unavailability -- Interaction between the EFMLEA and the FMLA
• Employer Notice
• Employee Notice of Need for Leave
• Documentation of Need for Leave
• Health Care Coverage
• Multiemployer Plans
• Return to Work
• Recordkeeping
• Prohibited Acts and Enforcement
• Effect of Other Laws, Employer Practices, and Collective Bargaining Agreements

Wage and Hour Division [WHD], U.S. Department of Labor [DOL]

[Guidance Overview]

DOL Issues Temporary Rule for Paid Leave Under FFCRA

"The Department is promulgating regulations to implement public health emergency leave under Title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and emergency paid sick leave to assist working families facing public health emergencies arising out of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The leave provisions are created by a time-limited statutory authority established under the FFCRA and are set to expire on December 31, 2020. The temporary rule is effective from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020."

Wage and Hour Division [WHD], U.S. Department of Labor [DOL]