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The COVID-19 epidemic has forced employees to take off from work because they tested positive for the virus or under quarantine after coming in contact with someone who has tested positive. Additionally, It has caused parents to miss work because their children’s school are under lockdown due to the outbreak and there is no suitable childcare available. As a result, Congress passed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act which became effective April 2, 2020. The provisions of this legislation will continue through December 31, 2020. This legislation makes significant changes to the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and to Emergency Paid Sick Leave. The legislation provides sick leave benefits and childcare leave benefits to affected taxpayers whose employers have fewer than 500 employees. The employer will pay the benefits to the employee and then file for reimbursement by the government. Emergency Paid Sick Leave
For employers with fewer than 500 employees the legislation makes the employees eligible for paid sick leave without regard to the duration of their employment with the company. Thus, if an employee is unable to work, or work from home, for any of the following reasons they qualify for paid sick leave.
The Act also includes a provision that an employee qualifies if the employee Is experiencing any other substantially similar condition specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor. Hours of Sick Leave Time:
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