CO Clarifies Employers Obligation to Provide Public Health Emergency Leave in 2021
In late 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued guidance confirming the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered the Healthy Families and Workplaces Acts (HFWA) provision entitling all employees to up to 80 hours of supplemental public health emergency leave in 2021 (see CDLE Info Sheet # 6C). While the guidance alerted employers to their obligation to provide the benefit, it left several unanswered questions about the amount of emergency leave part-time and new employees are By: Holland Hart - Employers'' Lawyers
CO Clarifies Employers Obligation to Provide Public Health Emergency Leave in 2021
In late 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued guidance confirming the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered the Healthy Families and Workplaces Acts (HFWA) provision entitling all employees to up to 80 hours of supplemental public health emergency leave in 2021 (see CDLE Info Sheet # 6C). While the guidance alerted employers to their obligation to provide the benefit, it left several unanswered questions about the amount of emergency leave part-time and new employees are By: Holland Hart - Employers'' Lawyers