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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait? So if you are teleworking but your offices are not open because they aren't slated to open in phase 1 or 2- then you can use daycares? My provider told us that we would need to provide a letter stating that our workplaces are open and/or that its self-evident that our employers were essential (paramedics, hospital staff, etc.).

We deferred until Sept opening since we don't qualify. Both of our jobs have us teleworking for at least another month. My husband has an auto immune disorder so he will be the last phase of employees back at his fed office. I have an officemate and therefore cant follow distancing guidelines nor will I wear a mask for 9 hours a day when I can easily work at home (tech office). [/quote]

That sounds like a policy the daycare created themselves. Even when the EPCC payments were happening for essential employees, I don't think they required letters like that.

Early on, it was somewhat unclear. The state said pretty quickly that teleworking essential employees could use the daycares at state expense.  But, there's certainly ambiguity in the definition of essential.  Feds are called out as essential if they have to work. But what does "required to work" mean? I'm required to work if I want to get paid- so am I an essential fed?  My guess is that they wouldn't be happy about it, but probably would have done along with it.

Now that the state payments have ended, that's moot anyway. Daycares are open to anyone whose business/workplace is operating, including teleworkers. Since there's no state payments, there are no special applications for parents. That's all left up to the providers.[/quote]

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