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PAID SICK LEAVE AND EXPANDED FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE <br />UNDER THE FAMILIES FIRST-CORONAVIRUS,`RESPONSE ACTS <br />The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their <br />employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.. <br />These provisions will apply from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. <br />► PAID LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS <br />Generally, employers covered under the Act must provide employees: <br />Up to two weeks (80 hours, or a part-time employee's two-week equivalent) of paid sick leave based on the higher of <br />their regular rate of pay, or the applicable state or Federal minimum wage, paid at: <br />• 100% for qualifying reasons #1-3 below, up to $511 daily and $5,110 total; <br />• % for qualifying reasons #4 and 6 below, up to $200 daily and $2,000 total; and <br />• Up to 10 weeks more of paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave paid at % for qualifying <br />reason #5 below for up to $200 daily and $12,000 total. <br />A part-time employee is eligible for leave for the number of hours that the employee is normally scheduled to work <br />over that period. <br />► ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES <br />In general, employees of private sector employers with fewer than 500 employees, and certain public sector <br />employers, are eligible for up to two weeks of fully or partially paid sick leave for COVID-19 related reasons (see below). <br />Employees who have been employed for at least 30 days prior to their leave request may be eligible for up to an <br />additional 10 weeks of partially paid expanded family and medical leave for reason #5 below. <br />► QUALIFYING REASONS FOR LEAVE RELATED TO COVID-19 <br />An employee is entitled to take leave related to COVID-19 if the employee is unable to work, including unable to <br />telework, because the employee: <br />1. is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or <br />isolation order related to COVID-19; <br />2. has been advised by a health care provider to <br />self -quarantine related to COVID-19; <br />3. is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is seeking <br />a medical diagnosis; <br />4. is caring for an individual subject to an order described <br />in (1) or self -quarantine as described in (2); <br />5. is caring for his or her child whose school or <br />place of care is closed (or child care provider is <br />unavailable) due to COVID-19 related reasons; or <br />6. is experiencing any other substantially -similar <br />condition specified by the U.S. Department of <br />Health and Human Services. <br />0. ENFORCEMENT <br />The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has the authority to investigate and enforce compliance <br />with the FFCRA. Employers may not discharge, discipline, or otherwise discriminate against any employee who <br />lawfully takes paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave under the FFCRA, files a complaint, or institutes a <br />proceeding under or related to this Act. Employers in violation of the provisions of the FFCRA will be subject to penalties <br />and enforcement by WHD. <br />WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR <br />For additional information <br />or to file a complaint: <br />1-866-487-9243 <br />TTY: 1-877-889-5627 <br />dol.gov/agencies/whd <br />WH1422 REV 03/20 <br />