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Can I extend my former employee’s furlough because he would need to take FFCRA leave to care for his child if he is called back to work?

Can employer require covid test results before returning to work

My employee claims to have tiredness or other symptoms of COVID-19 and is taking leave to seek a medical diagnosis. What documentation may I require from the employee to document efforts to obtain a diagnosis? When can it be required?

If I am employed by a temporary placement agency that has over 500 employees and am placed at a second business that has fewer than 500 employees, how does the leave requirement work? Are one or both entities required to provide me leave?

I hire workers to perform certain domestic tasks, such as landscaping, cleaning, and child care, at my home. Do I have to provide my domestic service workers paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave?

Are stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders the same as quarantine or isolation orders? If so, when can I take leave under the FFCRA for reasons relating to one of those orders?

Under what circumstances may an employer require an employee to use his or her existing leave under a company policy and when does the choice belong to the employee under the Department’s regulations, specifically 29 CFR 826.23(c), 826.24(d), 826.60(b) and 826.160(c)?

May I round when computing the number of hours of paid sick leave I must provide an employee with an irregular schedule or the number of hours I must pay such an employee for each day of expanded family and medical leave taken?

How do I compute the average regular rate of my employee who is paid a fixed salary each workweek?

How do I compute my employee’s average regular rate for the purpose of the FFCRA?

How do I compute the number of hours I must pay my employee who has irregular hours for each day of expanded family and medical leave taken?

How do I compute the number of hours of paid sick leave for my employee who has irregular hours?

When will the DOL begin enforcing FFCRA?

May I take paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave under the FFCRA if I am on an employer-approved leave of absence?

May I take paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave if I am receiving workers’ compensation or temporary disability benefits through an employer or state-provided plan?

As an employer, how much do I pay a seasonal employee with an irregular schedule for each day of paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave that he or she takes?

If I am a staffing company, how do I count internal workers and staffed workers under the FFCRA?

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