Varnum (Michigan): DOL Clarifies the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Small Business Exemption

On April 1, 2020 the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) announced that the Department’s Wage and Hour Division posted unpublished regulations on the recently-enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The published version of the regulations is scheduled to be available on April 6, 2020. The long-awaited regulations will provide covered employers with additional clarity on their obligations to provide Expanded Family and Medical Leave under the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) and Paid Sick Leave under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA). The regulations to the FFCRA will remain in effect from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. MORE.