COVID-19 for Employers: Pay, PTO and Sick Leave

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