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The D.C. Council this week passed sweeping legislation that seeks to ensure that D.C. residents unable to work because of the COVID-19 emergency are covered by existing leave and/or unemployment benefits.
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Businesses with less than 500 employees are required to provide paid leave to employees who cannot work due to an employee’s (or their family member’s) quarantine or diagnosis of COVID-19. Businesses will also need to provide paid leave if an employee cannot work due to the employee’s need to care for a child whose school or child care center has been closed.
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A temp-to-perm (temporary to permanent) hire created a costly error for an employer under the FMLA. Employees working through a staffing agency are considered “joint employees” of both the staffing agency and the secondary employer under the FMLA.
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Effective October 1, 2019, employers with 15 or more employees in the state of Maryland must provide eligible employees with leave to serve as organ or bone marrow donors.
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The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued an Opinion Letter clarifying that an employee who has a child with a serious medical condition is entitled to take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act so that the parent can attend a school meeting to discuss that child’s Individualized Education Program.
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