Employees who have been employed for at least 30 days prior to their leave request may be eligible for up to an additional 10 weeks of partially paid expanded family and medical leave if caring for his or her child whose school/day care/ after care/place of care is closed due to COVID-19 related reasons.
Employees should be paid at either their regular rate or the applicable minimum wage, whichever is higher, up to $511 per day and $5,110 total over a 2-week period.
Eligibility is subject to the following qualifying reasons:
An employee taking leave due to the following qualifying reasons is entitled to pay at 2/3 their regular rate or 2/3 the applicable minimum wage, whichever is higher, up to $200 per day and $2,000 total over a 2-week period.
A full-time employee caring for a child whose school or place of care is closed (or child care provider is unavailable) for reasons related to COVID-19 is eligible for paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave paid at 2/3 their regular rate or 2/3 the applicable minimum wage, whichever is higher, for up to $200 daily and $12,000 total. A part-time employee is eligible for leave for the number of hours that the employee is normally scheduled to work over that period.
Federal Employees: Federal employees who are covered under Title I of the FMLA and have been employed for at least 30 days prior to their leave request are eligible for up to an additional 10 weeks of partially paid expanded family and medical leave if he or she is caring for a child whose school or place of care is closed (or child care provider is unavailable) for reasons related to COVID-19.
No. The law requires that the employer allow the employee to first use sick leave provided for under this sick leave law, then decide to use any remaining accrued paid leave under an employer’s policy. Your employer cannot require you to use accrued leave under an employer policy first.
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