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Can an employer require a doctor’s note for one day off?

HR Digest

Employers can ask for sick leave documentation for one day unless it is restricted by a union agreement or company rules. Arizona: Under the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act , employers with more than 15 employees must provide paid sick leave but cant require a note for absences under three consecutive days.

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The Juggling Act of the COVID Circus

HR Digest

This article does not cover other qualifying factors for Employee leave under the FCCRA. Emergency Family and Medical Leave for Virtual School. The FCCRA provides emergency paid leave entitlements in response to COVID-19. Fact Sheet # 28H, 12-Month period under the Family and Medical Leave Act. 29 U.S.C.A.

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New FAQs from the DOL shed more light on paid leave

Business Management Daily

And, according to the DOL’s FAQs , the circumstances under which employees qualify for emergency paid sick leave or paid FMLA leave are more limited than meets the eye. Leave doesn’t apply if you: Close (before or after April 1) because business has dried up. Remain open but reduce employees’ hours.

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DOL cites businesses illegally denying FFCRA leave

Business Management Daily

As a reminder: The FFCRA requires employers of fewer than 500 to provide: Up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for employees sick or quarantining due to COVID-19. DOL cites employers for failing to follow the paid leave provisions of the FFCRA. The DOL has ordered the employer to pay $1,600 in back wages.

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FFCRA leave run out? Workers may be entitled to more anyway

Business Management Daily

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires paid leave for most employees impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. That time would be paid under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA). They also have to figure out what leave employees may be entitled to and for which reasons.

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Accommodating working parents during COVID-19

Business Management Daily

The FFCRA provides two types of paid leave to working parents, emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ). Up to certain limits, employers may use the amount distributed to employees for paid leave as a refundable tax credit.

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California HR law update — what employers everywhere need to know

Business Management Daily

These cover the gamut from paid sick leave and medical leave, occupational safety rules, and expanded coverage for more family members like parents-in-law. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing will administer more rules on family leave , sexual harassment, and much more affecting even small employers.