Let me start with a toast.
A toast to the Department of Labor, which was thrust into a spotlight it didn’t seek. After Congress hastily cobbled together a bunch of confusing words on paper providing many American workers with a modest amount of paid sick leave and amending the FMLA to do the same, DOL
Late yesterday afternoon, the Department of Labor issued an initial question and answer guidance aimed at helping employers administer emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid FMLA leave (FMLA+) as part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (pdf), which aims to provide initial relief to American workers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
I’ve discussed far sexier topics than “joint employers” on this blog. After all, it’s not every day an employee gets drunk at a Polish festival at the very time she’s supposed to be on FMLA leave.
But even the rather mundane portions of the FMLA [ahem, is there such a thing?] require us