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The Department of Labor enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This act is meant to assist employees during COVID-19 by providing additional leave options. These new options are effective Apr. 1, 2020 through Dec. 31, 2020. View the employee rights under the act here. 

These options include:

• Emergency Family and Medical Leave Act (EFMLA)

• Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL)

EFMLEA

The federal government has expanded this option to provide up to 12 weeks of partially paid coronavirus-related family leave. Eligible employees may take this leave if they are unable to work or telework due to the need to care for a minor child whose school or daycare is closed due to COVID-19.

EPSL

This new leave provides up to 80 hours of paid leave for eligible employees for the following reasons:

• the employee is subject to a government-ordered quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19

• the employee has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19

• the employee is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is seeking medical diagnosis

• the employee is caring for an individual who is subject to a government-ordered quarantine or a health care provider’s recommendation to self-quarantine

• the employee is caring for a child whose school or place of care has been closed due to COVID-19

• 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.” 

Overview of Leave Programs

EFMLEA and EPSL can be taken only in the event an employee is unable to work or telework. Other requirements apply.