Due to the current pandemic, the FFCRA requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will apply from the effective date through December 31, 2020. The specified reasons are listed below:
Generally, the Act provides that covered employers must provide to all employees:
- Two weeks (up to 80 hours) of paid sick leave at the employee’s regular rate of pay where the employee is unable to work because the employee is quarantined (pursuant to Federal, State, or local government order or advice of a health care provider), and/or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and seeking a medical diagnosis; or
- Two weeks (up to 80 hours) of paid sick leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay because the employee is unable to work because of a bona fide need to care for an individual subject to quarantine (pursuant to Federal, State, or local government order or advice of a health care provider), or care for a child (under 18 years of age) whose school or child care provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19, and/or the employee is experiencing a substantially similar condition as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor.
A covered employer must provide to employees that it has employed for at least 30 days:
- Up to an additional 10 weeks of paid expanded family and medical leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay where an employee is unable to work due to a bona fide need for leave to care for a child whose school or child care provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19.
Lathem's Answer:
To help our customers in these trying and uncertain times Lathem will give all PayClock Online customers 3 new standard non-work pay codes outlined below:
FFCRA Family Leave – This pay code will have a default modifier set at .666666667, and this modifier will be able to be overridden.
FFCRA Sick Leave- This pay code will have a default modifier set a 1, as this type of leave is guaranteed full pay for the employee.
FFCRA FMLA- This pay code will have a default modifier set at .666666667, and this modifier will be able to be overridden.
For our customers that use PayClock Online's export functionality, you will need to modify your exports to map these new pay codes to your Payroll Software. For assistance or questions please call our Customer Support team at 404-691-0400.
For additional information please visit the link below:
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employer Paid Leave Requirements
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