On March 19, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 95 into law, which provides for up to 80 hours of supplemental paid sick leave for reasons related to COVID-19.
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On August 3, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulations in its Final Rule contravened the leave provisions established by Congress in the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (“EPSLA”) and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”)FN4, collectively referred to as the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”).
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On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published its temporary rule issuing regulations to implement and clarify protections provided by the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (“EPSLA”) and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”), which are both part of the recently passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”).
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