Labor/Employment
Jun. 22, 2020
FFCRA forces public agencies to comply with FLSA ‘regular rate of pay’ calculations
The Families First Coronavirus Act requires certain employers to provide employees with Emergency Paid Sick Leave or Expanded Family and Medical Leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19, paid at the employee's average "regular rate of pay."
Elizabeth T. Arce
Partner
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Email: earce@lcwlegal.com
Elizabeth represents employers on a wide range of diverse employment matters such as wage and hour, disability accommodations, public safety, employee discipline, disability retirements and anti-discrimination, harassment and retaliation laws.
Jennifer K. Palagi
Associate
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Email: jpalagi@lcwlegal.com
Jennifer represents employers in a range of employment matters involving harassment and discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour claims, interactive process and reasonable accommodation and wrongful termination.
The Families First Coronavirus Act requires certain employers to provide employees with Emergency Paid Sick Leave or Expanded Family and Medical Leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19, paid at the employee's average "regular rate of pay." As such, public agencies must evaluate how it calculates the "regular rate of pay" to not only comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act but also to correctly pay employees exercising EPSL and EFML...
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