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DOL Issues Regulations Implementing the New Emergency Paid Sick and Paid FMLA Law

By Jeff Nowak on April 3, 2020

Posted in DOL Initiatives, Eligibility, FFCRA, Intermittent Leave, Legislation, Notice, Paid Leave

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…

DOL Publishes Second Round of FAQs on Paid Leave Law: Agency Addresses Documentation, Intermittent Leave, Furloughs, and “Top Off” Policies

By Jeff Nowak on March 27, 2020

Posted in DOL Initiatives, FFCRA, Legislation

For the record, I’m not getting much sleep this week, thanks to the Department of Labor. But it’s evident the DOL isn’t getting much sleep either.

Late last evening, the DOL issued a second round of Q&As (FAQs #15-37) aimed at helping employers administer emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid FMLA leave (FMLA+) as…