How the CARES Act Affects Employee Leave Obligations
Dear World Floor Covering Association Member,
As previously advised, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires employers to provide two weeks of paid sick leave to employees unable to work because of a quarantine order, falling ill with coronavirus, taking care of an individual ill with the virus, or their children’s schools and daycare centers are closed. The Act also require ten weeks of family leave if child’s school is closed or child care provider is unavailable due to coronavirus. The FFCRA applies to employees furloughed after the April 1, 2020, the effective date of the Act. If an employee is sent home before April 1, 2020, the paid sick and family leave requirement in the FFCRA did not apply. Last Friday, Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded the leave coverage.