Kids at Home for the Fall – How Can Employees and Businesses Survive?
With the wave of announcements over the last few weeks that school will be largely conducted online due to ongoing concerns about the coronavirus.
The Department of Labor issued further guidance for workers and employers on how the protections and requirements of the FLSA, the FMLA, and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) affect workplaces as they reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wage and Hour Division guidance includes frequently asked questions and answers that address critical issues in all three laws.
The new guidance is the latest addition to the compliance assistance materials that the WHD has published. These materials include information about the FFCRA:
On May 29, 2020, Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced health and safety requirements that businesses must adhere to in order to continue...