Paid parental leave - COVID-19 Families First
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Anonymous
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Have you heard about the paid parental leave that's available for employed parents now expected to work from home? Are you using it?
As a provision of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, The Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act requires some employers to grant paid leave to parents who are now caring for children due to closure of schools/child care. See this Q&A from the U.S. Department of Labor: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions |
Anonymous
| Yes, I helped roll out communications for this for my employer. I haven't used it yet but may if this drags on through the summer. We have a few employees who are using it. |
Anonymous
| If you are working from home then you are still getting paid your salary and giving you extra money is not necessary. |
Anonymous
You clearly have not read the rule. If you use it, it gives you a fraction of your salary, so for most people it would be a significant hit, but still better than nothing, or losing their jobs. |
Anonymous
| This is only available if you are not working, from home or otherwise. I had to advise my employer that they couldn't "put" teleworking employees on this. You are either working or you are not. |
Anonymous
| Crap. I want to work from home, even if it's not at the same level I was about before. Now we're not allowed to if we have children? That would be a huge pay cut for me. |
Anonymous
No, that's not at all what it says. If you can't work because your kids need care, you can take leave. However, I'm hearing it's being denied by employers. |
Anonymous
From the OP: Have you heard about the paid parental leave that's available for employed parents now expected to work from home? Are you using it? What's to prevent my employer from deciding I MUST go on it because I have young children? That's a huge pay cut that I can't afford. |
Anonymous
The OP is poorly worded. The leave has nothing to do with telework: it allows you time off to care for kids. Whether you telework or work on site when you are not on leave, is irrelevant. Read the link, it's a Q&A. |
Anonymous
Then you will not be working and your employer will not get any work out of you. |
Anonymous
But I can't afford it. And with less work, I can watch an 8 year old and telework now. My performance bears that out. This is a horrible law. |
Anonymous
Your employer can't just decide to "put you on it". If you CANNOT WORK because of COVID-19 related reasons (you are sick, you are caring for your children, etc.) then YOU MAY OPT TO TAKE IT. No one is forcing you to take the leave, OP. If you're working from home, great! |
Anonymous
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Here is the poster directly from the Department of Labor:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/posters/FFCRA_Poster_WH1422_Non-Federal.pdf |
Anonymous
| I'm considering using it but not to take weeks at a time; it can be applied more flexibly. I might use it to scale back to 25-30 hours a week, either through shorter or fewer workdays. |
Anonymous
OMG I hope you're a troll. You basically are twitter: extreme reaction to something you just heard about and don't understand at all. |