The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19 until December 2020. In return, this act also offers a tax credit to employers who need to participate in paying sick leave
What Employees are entitled to
- Two weeks paid sick leave at your normal pay rate if you are quarantined
- Two weeks paid sick leave at 2/3 your regular pay rate if you need to care for an individual subject to quarantine or care for a child whose school or child care has closed down
- 10 weeks of paid extended family & medical leave at 2/3 your regular pay rate if you have been employed for at least 30 days at your current employer and you need to care for a child whose school or child care has closed down
Employers required to pay leave
- Private & public employers with less than 500 employees,
- Small Businesses with fewer than 50 employees may be exempt if these requirements would jeopardize the viability of the business
Eligible Employees
- All employees of required employers who have been affected by the COVID-19 and mandated by an authority or doctor to isolate themselves or someone they care for
- Employees employed for 30 days are eligible for an additional 10 weeks of paid family leave
- Employees taking leave for personal reasons will receive pay at their regular rate or their states minimum wage, whichever is higher. Coverage up to $511 per day and $5,110 over a 2-week period
- Employees taking leave for care of another will receive pay at 2/3 their regular rate or 2/3 their states minimum wage, whichever is higher. Coverage up to $200 per day and $2500 over a 2-week period
- Employees taking extended leave for care of another will receive pay at 2/3 their regular rate or 2/3 their states minimum wage, whichever is higher. Coverage up to $200 per day and $12,000 over the 12-week period
- Part-Time Employee compensation will be determined by the average number of hours worked over a 2-week period
More information about the regulations for this act will be coming out soon!