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Effective April 1, 2020, is the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Provides for paid sick leave up to 80 hours.
FAA isn't really meant to be included, but on a manager's telcon today one of the speakers said a "nuance" makes the FAA included.
Was also posted in the FAA Daily Broadcast (quoted below).
And Department of labor wording: Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights | U.S. Department of Labor
FAA isn't really meant to be included, but on a manager's telcon today one of the speakers said a "nuance" makes the FAA included.
Was also posted in the FAA Daily Broadcast (quoted below).
And Department of labor wording: Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights | U.S. Department of Labor
On March 18, 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed by the President in response to the spread of the pandemic.
The Department of Labor indicates the provisions of the FFCRA will be in effect from April 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
There are two components in particular that will be available to all FAA employees:
The FAA is working diligently to have all of the tools in place to fully implement the Act; however, there are a number of implementation challenges. For example:
- the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act, providing up to 80 hours of paid leave to employees for use in six categories related to the pandemic,
- the Emergency Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) Expansion Act, which provides up to 10 weeks of paid FMLA leave to provide dependent care in connection with the pandemic.
Although we do not have all the implementation resources needed to answer all of your questions regarding the FFCRA, we are attaching the Department of Labor poster to provide a high-level overview. We will provide updated information as soon as it becomes available.
- Creation of CASTLE and FPPS codes to account for FFCRA leave will require significant coordination with the Department of the Interior and Department of Transportation.
- Pay limitations in FFCRA leave may result in shortfalls to paychecks of FAA employees who earn more than $511 per day (approximately $133,000 per year) for sick leave; and an even more restrictive limitation of around $200 per day for the FMLA leave.