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… include all scheduled hours, including both hours actually worked and hours for which the employee took leave. The Departments provide the following examples involving two employees with irregular schedules who take leave on April 13, 2020. For both employees, the six-month period used for estimating average hours consists of 183 calendar days from October 14, 2019, to April 13, 2020. Example 1. During the six-month period, an employee worked 1,150 hours over 130 workdays, and took a total of 50 hours of personal and medical leave. The total number of hours the employee was scheduled to work,

… Gate National Recreation Area are exempt from the new law. According to FAQs provided by the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE), the law also applies to businesses that have temporarily closed or halted their operations. Therefore, there is no express exemption for these employers. Whether an individual is an employee is determined using California’s new AB 5 standard (ABC Test) and whether the individual is an employee under the rules governing San Francisco’s pre-existing Paid Sick Leave Ordinance. This includes part-time and temporary workers and participants in Welfare-to-Work programs. Exceptions: Employers of healthcare …

… interpret and enforce the various employer and group health plan sponsor obligations in the two laws. New FAQs released April 11, 2020, specifically address several questions plan sponsors have raised regarding covering coronavirus testing costs and increasing telehealth access. COVID-19 Testing FFCRA generally requires group health plans to provide benefits for certain items and services related to diagnostic testing to detect SARS-CoV-2 or diagnose COVID-19. Plans must cover these costs with no cost sharing (including deductibles, copayments and coinsurance), prior authorization or any other medical management requirement, when furnished on or after March 18, 2020 (FFCRA …