In our recent
Client Alert regarding the new federal Families First
Coronavirus Response Act, we noted that employers are required to
post a notice – in a form to be published by the U.S.
Department of Labor ("DOL") – in a conspicuous
place in the workplace. The DOL's Wage and Hour Division has
now published the forms of notice required under the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act. The notices can be found here for non-federal employees
and here for federal employees.
Wage and Hour Division answers to questions regarding the notices
can be found here.
Recognizing the obvious problem that many employers who are
required to post the notice have employees who are unable to or
prohibited from coming to the workplace, the notice may be
"posted" by direct mail or e-mail, as well as by posting
on a company internal or external website. For employers with
employees coming to a physical workplace, the notice must be posted
in a conspicuous place. As with any
