The following content was presented by John Pueschel during a live webinar on March 13, 2020. To view a recording of this presentation, please click here.
General Pay Rules
- Exempt and Non-exempt employees should be allowed to take leave in accordance with state law and FMLA policies
- Exempt employees are entitled to pay for any week in which work is performed
- Employees are not entitled to pay for weeks of furlough or a facility closure
- Non-Exempt employees are entitled to pay only for time worked
- Employers may have to pay employees for reporting to work, even if they are sent home
- Be mindful of predictive scheduling laws
PTO and Sick Leave
- Encourage self-reporting, self-monitoring and remote work
- Follow existing policies but remain flexible
- Employee out of leave what are our options?
- Allow unpaid or paid leave, or remote work
- New Hire not entitled to leave for 90 days, what can we do?
- Relax current policies and allow leave
- Employee refuses to come in and can not work from home?
- Allow unpaid or paid leave
- FMLA is generally unpaid leave
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