Now that the FFCRA and the EEMLA have expired, it is even more critical that you correctly handle employee leave requests due to COVID-19 hardships. Even innocent employment law compliance mistakes can get you audited and leads to hefty violation penalties.

The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is keeping a close eye on how COVID-19 hardship requests are handled. All it takes is for one of your staff to file a complaint, and you could be in the middle of an expensive, stressful employment audit.

This session will provide you with a step-by-step roadmap of EXACTLY how you can comply with coronavirus-hardship time off obligations. During this training, Kelly will break down these complex laws into easy-to-understand pieces and walk you through how to protect your practice from possible violation allegations.

Learning Objectives:-

• Review of ARPA provisions as it relates to employee leave
• The current application of FFCRA under ARPA
• The interplay of FMLA with FFCRA and ARPA
• When you must grant leave for COVID reasons
• When you must pay for COVID related leave
• If a COVID illness qualifies as a disability pursuant to the ADA
• What tax credits are available under ARPA and FFCRA for COVID leave

Areas Covered in the Session:-

• How should you handle time off for those seeking testing or caring for family members?
• What entitlements do your employees get under the FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)?
• What rules apply to leave as an ADA (American with Disabilities Act) accommodation?
• How can you specifically determine when and if COVID-19 is an ADA disability?
• How can you access available tax credits for your employees’ paid leave?
• If an employee took COVID-19 paid time off last year, are they still eligible this year?
• What is the relationship between COVID-19 paid leave and FMLA or ADA leave?
• Are you required to pay employees for time off at the full rate of pay?
• Are you required to bring an employee back after extended COVID-19 related leave?
• How much time off (paid or unpaid) should an employee be allowed to take?
• What role does recordkeeping play in keeping your practice violation-free?
• How does unpaid leave work with the ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) paid leave?
• Can you apply for COVID-19 leave taken to employee vacation or other paid-time-off balances?
•  What documentation can you ask for from employees to justify their time off requests?
•  Can you authorize paid time off differently based on an employee’s position and/or performance?
• How should you amend your COVID-19 policies to align with new changes in paid-time-off leave?

Who Should Attend?

• Hospital executives like CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CNOs, and CMOs
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Compliance Officers
• Administrators
• Department Heads
• Direct Care Staff
• Environmental Service Workers
• Healthcare Workers with Potential for Exposure to COVID-19