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To address the national emergency caused by the Coronavirus that is crippling the business world and impacting employees, the federal government has passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act which includes the \u201cEmergency Paid Leave Act.\u201d This Act requires all Employers that employ fewer than 500 employees to pay <\/u>\u201cemergency leave benefits\u201d to an employee who is unable to work due to one of the following COVID-19 related reasons:<\/p>\n All employees are covered under the Act no matter how long the employee has been employed by the employer. The paid sick time shall be made available in addition to any employer-provided leave and the employer is prohibited from requiring an employee to use other paid leave which may be provided by the employer before the employee uses the paid sick time under the Act.<\/p>\n An employer is required to post a notice in a conspicuous place on the employer\u2019s premise where notices to employees are consistently posted. Such notice must be prepared or approved by the Secretary of Labor. This notice is to be posted no later than 7 days after the date of enactment of the Act. The Secretary of Labor will make public an available model of a notice that satisfies this requirement.<\/p>\n This Act takes effect no later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of the law.<\/p>\n An employer that violates the Act would be considered to have failed to pay minimum wages in violation of Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standard Act and subject to penalties.<\/p>\n Frank Botta<\/a>\u00a0advises companies in a wide variety of labor and employment matters. Please contact Frank at (724) 776-8000 or\u00a0fbotta@archive-lynchlaw.pfgsandbox.com<\/a>\u00a0with your questions and concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Employers With Fewer Than 500 Employees Must Pay Emergency Leave Benefits Emergency Paid Leave Act To address the national emergency caused by the Coronavirus that is crippling the business world and impacting employees, the federal government has passed the Families … \n
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