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Calculating Federal COVID-19 Paid Leave for Illness, Distance Learning
How much time is an employee entitled to use under federal COVID-19 law if he needs to stay home to supervise distance learning for...
How Leave Laws Interact When a Couple Works for Same Employer
How do the federal COVID-19 leave laws adopted this year interact with related state laws, including pregnancy leave, the family rights act and baby...
How Part-Time Return to Work Affects Employee’s UI Benefits
My employee has been on furlough and collecting unemployment insurance (UI). If I bring her back to work part time, what is the maximum...
When to Record, Report COVID-19 Occurrence in Workplace
What are the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) requirements for reporting occurrences of COVID-19 in the workplace?
Cal/OSHA has provided guidelines in...
Calculating Leave Eligibility When Company Closed Temporarily
Our company shut down in March due to the coronavirus, and then reopened the first of June. Now one of my employees is asking...
More Localities Adopting COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave
What are the latest cities/counties that have enacted sick leave ordinances for COVID-19 purposes?
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and since the federal Families...
COVID-19 and a New Hire’s Expired Identity Document
We just hired an employee who does not have a current identity document. Her driver license expired on April 1, and she says that...
Why Temperature Checks, Doctor’s Note May Be OK for COVID-19
With the current coronavirus pandemic, I have been wondering what I can do to protect my employees in the workplace. May we take the...
Vacation Policy Factors to Consider During COVID-19 Pandemic
A consequence of the prolonged shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders issued as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is dramatically reduced travel. As a result,...
Paid Family Leave Claims Filed July 1 Gain 2 More Weeks of Benefits
My employee had a baby a few months ago, but she wants to wait until July to file for Paid Family Leave (PFL) so...
