The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Art. I; codified at 29 U.S.C. 2601 note and 2620 (Div. C, Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act) and 29 U.S.C. 2601 note (Div. E, Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act)
- Issued
- 2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
- Effective
- April 1, 2020 (sec. 3106 and 5108: not later than 15 days after enactment; DOL set April 1) (read as 2020-04-01)
- End
- December 31, 2020 (sec. 5109 sunset; Div. C leave entitlement expires Dec. 31, 2020) (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Apr. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- private employers with fewer than 500 employees
- public agencies
- employees
- Functions reached
- WF workforce availability (paid leave mandated for quarantine orders and school/child-care closures)
- HR leave administration
- OP payroll and staffing
- Collection
- Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B
Operative words
Sec. 5102(a): 'An employer shall provide to each employee employed by the employer paid sick time to the extent that the employee is unable to work (or telework) due to a need for leave because: (1) The employee is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19.... (5) The employee is caring for a son or daughter of such employee if the school or place of care of the son or daughter has been closed, or the child care provider of such son or daughter is unavailable, due to COVID-19 precautions.' Sec. 5102(b)(2)(A): 'For full-time employees, 80 hours.' Sec. 3102 (EFMLEA): employer threshold 'fewer than 500 employees'; leave for an employee unable to work 'due to a need for leave to care for the son or daughter under 18 years of age of such employee if the school or place of care has been closed, or the child care provider of such son or daughter is unavailable, due to a public health emergency.'
Enforcement
Sec. 5105: violations treated as failure to pay minimum wages under FLSA sec. 6 and 15(a)(3) (29 U.S.C. 206, 215(a)(3), 216, 217)
Notes
Reached every employer under 500 employees in every State from April 1 to December 31, 2020; the leave right is triggered by governmental quarantine or isolation orders and by school and place-of-care closures ordered by governments, linking this Act to every closure order in this library.
Retrieval noteText read (sections 3102, 3106, 5102, 5108, 5109, 5110 located).