FFCRA = EPSLA + EFMLEA

April 06, 2020

Sorry, we could not resist!  As we have said many times, VNPP provides neither legal nor financial advice; the Paid Leave Rules were published today and I want to share four critical links:

• The Rule as published in the Federal Register


• Updated Questions and Answers


• Slides from the DOL Webinar, and


• IRS Information about Tax Credits

The two questions we are most frequently asked are both answered in 826.30 (pg 19351 of the Register):

• Note that in (c) it says that an employer may exclude an employee who is a health care provider from EPSLA’s paid sick leave requirements and/or the EFMLEA’s Expanded Family and Medical Leave requirements,


• Note that is (c)(1)(i) & (ii) there is a definition of Health Care Provider which is very broad.