On the day that the law went into effect, April 1, 2020,
the Department of Labor ("DOL") issued its
temporary rule about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
("FFCRA"). The new rule (123 pages) is now available, and a
summary from the Department of Labor is also
available.
The KRCL Employment Law Practice Group has provided detailed guidance on FFCRA in several previous
posts. All of this data is coming to employers in a very
hurried manner, given the Coronavirus pandemic and the United
States emergency response. FFCRA became law on March 12,
2020, and these regulations followed in lightning speed, two
weeks later.
This newly issued regulation follows initial guidance and other
statements from the DOL and lays out what the law achieves, in
expanding leave for child care reasons during the CV-19 emergency
and in providing paid sick leave for employees with qualifying
reasons (e.g., being ill or subject to quarantine due to
the virus). Other blog entries
