Image by Лечение наркомании from Pixabay Let’s give credit where credit is due. When Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division had the unenviable task of creating and implementing supporting guidance, enforcing the law, and tending to all of its…
Image Credit: Pxfuel.com Perhaps they wanted to upstage my triumphant return to Zoom for a COVID-19 HR lunchtime happy hour spectacular, which is this tomorrow at noon EDT (register here). On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued new COVID-19 guidance under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family and…
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division / Public domain Near the end of last month, I blogged here about this Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Field Assistance Bulletin. The U.S. Department of Labor announced that, in most instances, it would no longer pursue pre-litigation liquidated damages arising out of…
Image by Tomislav Jakupec from Pixabay The Families First Coronavirus Response Act requires certain employers to provide employees with paid sick leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. One of those reasons is when an employee is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is seeking a medical diagnosis. From FFCRA to FLSA.…
Image by Annalise Batista from Pixabay Yesterday morning, I received a press release from the U.S. Department of Labor. Five opinion letters The U.S. Department of Labor announced five new opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): FLSA2020-6: Addresses whether salespeople who travel…
Image by Jo_Johnston from Pixabay About a month ago, a hairstylist filed a COVID-19 class-action lawsuit in New Jersey. Her claims were the prototypical lowest-hanging fruit. That is, the plaintiffs allege that the employer withheld pay from employees once it abruptly closed its doors to the public due to the…
By Yatko – From https://www.cameleon.live/assets/logo/facebook-live.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link No burying the lede today. Join me and an extra special guest for a Facebook Live HR/COVID-19 chat this Friday at 2 PM EDT / 11 AM PDT. It will be here over at The Employer Handbook Facebook Page. Who is…
Image by Prawny from Pixabay The paint has barely dried on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and we already have our first lawsuit. And it’s right in my backyard. The quickest of FFCRA recaps The FFCRA, which took effect on April 1, 2020, requires certain employers to provide their…
Image by Photo Mix from Pixabay Follow me. I’ll get you into the VIP area for a better view. Yesterday, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) called for the next coronavirus relief package to pass Congress to include what they term an “Essential Workers Bill of Rights.” …
License to use Creative Commons Zero – CC0 – Pikrepo.com I can’t help but notice that many of you are confused about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. A few of you with whom I have communicated have been getting different answers to the same question from different employment lawyers.…