APWU: FAQs on FFCRA Emergency Sick Leave and Expanded FMLA
APWU’s position – Questions and Answers
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APWU: Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act expands postal leave benefits (4/2/20)
APWU – April 2, 2020 The Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act (FFCRA) extends to postal employees some additional leave benefits due to the Coronavirus and the illness it causes–COVID-19. APWU represented employees, both career and non-career, are entitled to the leave provisions enacted by the FFCRA. Two new leave types are now extended to postal…
USPS Mandatory Stand-Up Talk: Taking leave during COVID-19 (4/2/20)
Effective April 1, 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides employees with two additional types of leave. These new leave entitlements are in addition to leave you are already entitled to under the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) and any applicable Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs). As a postal employee, you have certain…
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Poster for USPS
“The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires the Federal government to provide all of its employees with paid sick leave and, for employees who are covered under Title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), with expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will…
Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family Medical Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
March 24, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC â Today, the U.S. Department of Laborâs Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced its first round of published guidance to provide information to employees and employers about how each will be able to take advantage of the protections and relief offered by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) when…
DOL Issues Three New Wage and Hour Opinion Letters
September 10, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC â The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it has issued three new opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA). An opinion letter is an official, written opinion…
DOL Proposes Revisions to its Model FMLA Forms, Comments are being Accepted
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division is proposing revisions to its model notice of rights, certification, and designation forms under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Employers may, but are not required to, utilize the model forms to satisfy their notice requirements under the law and to obtain necessary information…
Senators Cassidy and Sinema Release Bipartisan Paid Leave Proposal
Press Release – July 30, 2019 WASHINGTONâU.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) today released the Cassidy-Sinema plan, Congressâ first bipartisan paid leave proposal for American families. The solution gives new parents the option to bring forward their recently increased Child Tax Credit (CTC) to receive a $5,000 benefit, giving them flexibility…