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On March 18th, the Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the President signed it into law. Rob Wilson, President of Employco USA, an employment solutions firm with locations across the country, comments on the issue.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"COVID-19\"\u201cThe new provisions take effect on April 2, 2020,\u201d says Wilson. \u201cThe new requirements state that companies must provide employees with up to 12 weeks of job-protected paid leave. Companies will pay employees at 2\/3 their regular rate, not to exceed $200 per day and $10,000 in aggregate per employee. The pay starts after the first 10 days of leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson says that these requirements exist if the employee is unable to work or telework in order to care for a minor child. \u201cIf the child\u2019s school is closed because of the public health emergency, employers must take this into special consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Wilson says there currently exists an option to exclude companies with less than 50 employees if this action would jeopardize the continuation of their business, and companies with less than 25 employees may not be required to restore the employee back to the same position after the 12- week leave has been exhausted.<\/p>\n

Wilson also addresses the new provisions for the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCompanies are now required to provide employees with paid sick leave for a variety of reasons, including if the employees are subject to a federal, state, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19; advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to COVID-19 concerns; experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and seeking medical diagnosis; caring for an individual subject to a federal, state, or local quarantine or isolation order or advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to COVID-19 concerns; caring for the employee\u2019s child if the child\u2019s school or place of care is closed or the child\u2019s care provider is unavailable due to public health emergency; or experiencing any other substantially similar condition specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson says that he has spent the last 2 weeks assisting numerous clients in making the tough decision of cutting hours and even letting go of staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking for business owners to have to shutter their doors or send their staff home,\u201d says Wilson. \u201cWhether you have 4 employees or 400, it\u2019s not a choice that any employer makes lightly. Yet it\u2019s one that millions in America are being forced to make right now, on an ever-evolving basis, as we continue to get news about this pandemic and its spread.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson says most of his clients have been forced to lay off staff, and adds that he expects the countrywide shutdown to last through May 1, if not longer. To that end, he is advising clients that they need to expect to have enough cash to get them through June or even July.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recovery will be slow,\u201d he predicts. \u201cI don\u2019t think we will see the immediate bounce back that Pres. Trump is referencing.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more on this topic, please contact Rob Wilson at\u00a0rwilson@thewilsoncompanies.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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