Pub. 10 2020 Issue 2

15 Covered Employers include private employers with fewer than 500 employees. Small businesses with less than 50 employees may qualify for exemption due to school closings/childcare unavailability if business viability would be jeopardized. related to COVID-19 (pursuant to Federal, State or local quarantine or isolation order, or advice of health care provider), and/or is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is seeking medical diagnosis; or • 2 weeks (up to 80 hours) emergency paid sick leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay where the employee is unable to work/telework because of a bona fide need to care for an individual subject to quarantine related to COVID-19 (pursuant to Federal, State or local quarantine or isolation order or advice of a health care provider to self-quarantine) or care for a child (under age 18) whose school/childcare provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19 and/or the employee is experiencing a substantially similar condi- tion as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Secretaries of Treasury and Labor. Covered Employers must also provide employees who are employed for at least 30 days: • Up to an additional 10 weeks expanded family and medical leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay where the employee is unable to work/telework because of a bona fide need to care for a child (under age 18) whose school/childcare provider is closed or unavail- able for reasons related to COVID-19. Covered Employers include private employers with fewer than 500 employees. Small businesses with less than 50 employees may qualify for exemption due to school closings/childcare un- availability if business viability would be jeopardized. Under FFCRA, an employee qualifies for the leave if unable to work/or telework because the employee is: 1. Subject to a Federal, State or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19. 2. Advised by health care provider to self-quarantine related to COVID-19. 3. Experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and is seeking medical diagnosis. 4. Caring for an individual who is subject to a quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19 or has been ad- vised by a health care provider to self-quarantine related to COVID-19. 5. Caring for a child whose school or place of childcare has been closed (or childcare unavailable) for reasons related to COVID-19. 6. Experiencing any other substantially similar condition specified by the Secretary of the HHS in consultation with the Secretaries of Treasury and Labor. Regarding leave duration, for reasons (1) through (4) and (6), full-time employees are eligible for up to 80 hours of leave and part-time employees are eligible for the number of hours of leave an employee works on average over a 2-week period. For reason (5), full-time employees are eligible for up to 12 weeks of leave at 40 hours /week, and part-time employees are eligible for leave n CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FOR DEALERSHIP — continued on page 16 for the number of hours an employee is normally scheduled to work over that period. Regarding pay calculation, for reasons (1), (2), (3), leave shall be paid at either the employee’s regular rate or the applicable minimum wage, whichever is higher, up to $511/day and $5,110 aggregate (over 2-week period). For reasons (4) or (6), leave shall be paid at 2/3 the employee’s regular rate or 2/3 the applicable minimumwage, whichever is higher, up to $200/day and $2,000 aggregate (over 2-week period). For reason (5), leave shall be paid at 2/3 the employee’s regular rate or 2/3 the applicable minimum wage, whichever is higher, up to $200/day and $12,000 aggregate (over 12-week period - 2 weeks of paid sick leave, followed by up to 10 weeks paid expanded family and medical leave).