[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1498824847034{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1498824852492{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1498886828165{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”5/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1498886834332{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”2048″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1602727110323{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”7/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1498886840111{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Employment Law & Covid 19″ font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1602727139062{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”home-welcome-text” css=”.vc_custom_1602727157954{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]In response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government recently passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides employees with additional protections and benefits. Specifically, beginning on April 2nd, employees are entitled up to 80-hours of paid sick leave at their regular rate of pay if they are unable to work (including telework) because:
-they are quarantined,
-they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, or
-they have a bona fide need to care for an individual who is subject to a quarantine.
Additionally, and also beginning on April 2nd, the Family Medical Leave Act’s coverage is expanded to individuals who have worked at least 30-days with their employer and provides up to an additional 10-weeks of paid expanded family and medical leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay where an employee is unable to work due to a bona fide need for leave to care for a child whose school or child care provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19.
If you or a family member are not being afforded the benefits and protections provided by the law, please contact our office for a free consultation to find out how we may be able to help you.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
