{"id":"FED-170","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (private employers with fewer than 500 employees; public employers)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Congress (Pub. L. 116-127); approved by the President","authority":"Statute","instrument":"Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Pub. L. 116-127, 134 Stat. 178 (Mar. 18, 2020): Division C (Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, §§ 3101-3106) and Division E (Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act, §§ 5101-5111); Division G (§§ 7001-7005, payroll tax credits); § 6008 (Medicaid FMAP conditions)","title":"Families First Coronavirus Response Act","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"leave mandates effective April 1, 2020 (DOL rule operational date; statute: \u0027not later than 15 days after the date of enactment\u0027)","end":"2020-12-31 (§§ 3102(a)(1)(F), 5109); credits extended on a voluntary basis to Mar. 31, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260 § 286) and Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2 § 9641, FED-174)","startDate":"2020-04-01","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["EMP","SCH","QUAR"],"addressees":["every private employer with fewer than 500 employees and every public agency (paid sick leave; expanded FMLA leave)","every employee unable to work or telework for the six enumerated COVID-19 reasons"],"clause":"SEC. 5102. PAID SICK TIME REQUIREMENT. (a) IN GENERAL.--An employer shall provide to each employee employed by the employer paid sick time to the extent that the employee is unable to work (or telework) due to a need for leave because: (1) The employee is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19. (2) The employee has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19. (3) The employee is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking a medical diagnosis. (4) The employee is caring for an individual who is subject to an order as described in subparagraph (1) or has been advised as described in paragraph (2). (5) The employee is caring for a son or daughter of such employee if the school or place of care of the son or daughter has been closed, or the child care provider of such son or daughter is unavailable, due to COVID-19 precautions. (6) The employee is experiencing any other substantially similar condition specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services","enforcement":"Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement by the Department of Labor (§ 5105); § 5104 anti-retaliation; private actions","functions":["WF workforce availability of every employer under 500 employees (mandatory paid leave for quarantine, symptoms, school and child-care closures)","HR payroll and leave administration","OP/OF"],"notes":"A federal statute that ordered every employer under 500 employees to release and pay employees for up to two weeks (and ten further weeks at partial pay for child-care closures) whenever a quarantine order, a provider\u0027s advice, symptoms or a school or child-care closure kept them from work, from April 1 through December 31, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-116publ127/pdf/PLAW-116publ127.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":303913,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-170","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-170","citation":"Congress (Pub. L. 116-127); approved by the President, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Pub. L. 116-127, 134 Stat. 178 (Mar. 18, 2020): Division C (Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, §§ 3101-3106) and Division E (Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act, §§ 5101-5111); Division G (§§ 7001-7005, payroll tax credits); § 6008 (Medicaid FMAP conditions) (Ex. FED-170)","stateName":"","related":["FED-174","SEC-13-023"]}