MORE CLARITY FROM THE DOL ON FFCRA
By Christina M. Reger, Esq.
In case you were too busy reading the 880 pages of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, to catch the Department of Labor Second Questions and Answers, have no fear. I have a summary for you. (Oh and I will get a post out on CARES too — shesh I only have two eyeballs)
SECOND GUIDANCE FROM THE DOL
By Christina M. Reger, Esq.
In case you were waiting to exhale, here is the latest, hot off the presses. Last night the DOL issued its Second Guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, now endearingly known as the FFCRA.
DOL GUIDANCE AND Q&As TO THE PAID SICK LEAVE AND EXPANDED FMLA ACT
By Christina M. Reger, Esq.
Last night, the US Department of Labor announced its first Guidance (more indicated to come) on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
The Guidance provides a fact sheet for employees and a fact sheet for employers but both basically summarize the FFCRA paid leave provisions as follows:
HOW TO HANDLE EMPLOYEE ISSUES REGARDING COVID-19
By Christina M. Reger, Esq.
For the most part, I think employers know the basics
- To the extent possible, allow your employees to work remotely
- If that is not possible, and you have an employee that has been diagnosed or exposed to someone with COVID-19, get a list of all people the employee came in contact with, and send them home for a 14 day quarantine.
PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE’S PRIVACY RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
By Christina M. Reger, Esq. and Tatiana Cook
During these unprecedented times of coronavirus many employers face growing pressures to protect their employees and their employee’s privacy rights. To accomplish both can be like walking through a minefield because if an employee contracts or comes in contact with someone with the coronavirus, how do employers protect the privacy of the employee and also protect the health and safety of their other workers?
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING THE NEW EEO-1 SURVEY DATA IS SET… FOR REALZ THIS TIME
By Christina M. Reger, Esq.
After several delays, yesterday, a federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled that employers with more than 100 employees will have until September 30, 2019 to complete and submit the EEO-1 survey data on pay and hours. The intended purposes of the data collected is to narrow the pay gap based on race, gender and ethnicity. Businesses have opposed the data collection as unduly burdensome.
EMPLOYERS: CONFUSED ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE COVID-19?
By Christina M. Reger, Esq.
I have some answers for you.
In the past few days, my phone has lit up more than a casino slot machine. There is an overload of information out there, apologies for cancellations, concerns for safety, commands by government officials but not a whole lot of practical advice on how to handle your everyday workplace. OK so here goes:
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