Temporary Worker FFCRA Leave Rights And Joint Employer Challenges

The tsunami of new employment laws and regulations in the last two months has challenged employers and human resources professionals, created a host of new employee rights, and caused many bouts of compliance head-scratching. Despite these changes, some employment principles remain fully intact. The employment law principles surrounding the world of third-party workers is one of those constants-at least at the 30,000-foot level. As many human resource professionals recognize, most employment laws and regulations were drafted with a single employer-employee relationship in mind-and organizations with potential employer obligations to a worker have always had to analyze their potential employer status on a case-by-case basis. This same analysis must be undertaken with regard to temporary employee leave rights under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).