Yesterday, I posted about new EEOC guidance on disability-related inquiries and medical examinations. The guidance included the EEOC’s view on what questions employers can ask when employees call in sick. The EEOC states that, during a pandemic, an employer can ask an employee if they are experiencing symptoms of Covid-19, such as fever chills, cough,… Continue reading CDC Adds More Covid-19 Symptoms

The EEOC recently added helpful FAQs addressing the kinds of questions employers can ask employees, and information employers can require from employees, during the Pandemic.  Here are the EEOC questions and answers about disability related inquiries and medical examinations: Q:  How much information may an employer request from an employee who calls in sick, in… Continue reading EEOC Adds FAQs re: Covid-19-related Inquiries

On April 13, 2020, Governor Inslee issued a Proclamation addressing issues related to employees at high risk for Covid-19: From now until June 12, 2020 (unless extended) employers in Washington are prohibited from taking any action that is inconsistent with the following practices related to high-risk employees (as defined by the CDC*): Failing to utilize… Continue reading Washington Proclamation re: Accommodation of High-Risk Employees

Happy Monday. The DOL and IRS have provided guidance on what kind of notice and documentation: (i) an employee must provide to take FFCRA sick leave and leave to care for a child whose school or daycare is closed because of Covid-19 (Childcare Leave); and (ii) an employer must maintain to obtain a tax credit… Continue reading Employee Notice under the FFCRA

As promised, a summary of what the DOL rules say about intermittent leave is set out below. The rules for intermittent leave vary depending upon whether an employee is working on-site vs. teleworking and, with respect to paid sick leave, on the reason for leave. Hint: if an employee needs paid sick leave because they… Continue reading Rules for FFCRA Intermittent Leave

Yesterday, I posted some highlights of the rules for paid sick leave under the FFCRA. Today’s post will highlight some of the new rules for paid family medical leave under the FFCRA’s expansion of the FMLA, which provides leave to eligible employees who are unable to work because they are caring for a child  whose… Continue reading More about the DOL Rules for the FFCRA

The DOL rules for the two kinds of leave available under the FFCRA, emergency paid sick leave (EPSLA) and emergency family leave (EFMLEA) came out last week. Here are some highlights about paid sick leave (more on emergency family leave next): Employers cannot require employees to used other paid leave before taking paid sick leave… Continue reading Highlights of FFCRA Rules for Sick Leave

Happy Friday. Here is a helpful analysis of tax-related changes under the FFCRA and CARES Act prepared by our Tax Group: https://www.sussmanshank.com/key-tax-changes-under-covid-19-related-legislation We will continue to post on developments.  If you have specific questions, or would like us to post on a particular topic, please let us know.

More information on the FFCRA and CARES Act loans. As mentioned, the DOL regulations on the FFCRA came out yesterday, details to come. In the interim, yesterday was the deadline for covered employers to provide notice to employees of their rights under the law. DOL guidance on notice is here: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-poster-questions The SBA application for… Continue reading More on the FFCRA and CARES Act

Things are changing by the minute, so apologies if information from last week is now outdated. Here is some information for today: The IRS just issued guidance on tax credits under the FFCRA: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/covid-19-related-tax-credits-for-required-paid-leave-provided-by-small-and-midsize-businesses-faqs The DOL just issued regulations for the FFCRA: FFCRA Regulations We will take a look at the FFCRA Regulations and update… Continue reading IRS and DOL Guidance on FFCRA