DOL Issues Guidance on the Expired FFCRA
Employers are not required to provide Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave after Dec. 31, 2020, but may voluntarily decide to do so, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced.
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Gus Sandstrom, an attorney with Blank Rome in Philadelphia, said, “Employers should also advise employees as to their options for continued leave, paid or unpaid, beginning Jan. 1.” Throughout congressional negotiations on COVID-19 relief proposals, SHRM advocated for a number of workplace priorities, including leave, noting that any extension of the FFCRA leave provisions should continue to provide assistance for employers and employees and avoid any new employer mandates.
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“DOL Issues Guidance on the Expired FFCRA” by Allen Smith, J.D., was published in SHRM on January 4, 2021.