HOUSE PASSES CORONAVIRUS RELIEF BILL
THIS WEEKEND
SENATE AND PRESIDENT STILL NEED TO
CONSIDER
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201)
As we previously reported, the U.S. House of Representatives
passed the Families First Coronavirus Response, H.R. 6201, (the
"Families First Act" or the "Act") in response
to the coronavirus outbreak. The version of H.R. 6201 that our
March 15, 2020 Employment Alert was based has been
subsequently revised. Here is a summary of the latest version
of H.R. 6201, which the Senate has not yet approved.
Division C sets forth the Emergency
Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act. This section
provides employees of employers with 1 to 499 employees, who have
been on the job for at least 30 days, with the right to take up to
12 weeks of job-protected leave, referred to as Public Health
Emergency Leave, under the Family and Medical Leave Act. A
qualifying need related to a public health emergency means the
employee has a
