Last week, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law. The Act provides employees relief in the form of paid sick leave and expanded Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave for reasons directly related to Coronavirus.
The paid leave provisions become effective today, April 1 and expire December 31, 2020.
Specifically, the FFCRA includes emergency paid leave and applies to most businesses with 499 employees or less. Exceptions exist for companies that employ health care workers.
