{"id":1774,"date":"2020-03-26T23:10:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T03:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesslaw.handponist.com\/blog\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2025-03-09T22:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T02:13:53","slug":"small-businesses-receive-help-with-coronavirus-paid-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/small-businesses-receive-help-with-coronavirus-paid-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Businesses Receive Help with Coronavirus Paid Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s_COVID-195.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1764 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s_COVID-195-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus paid sick leave\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s_COVID-195-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s_COVID-195-213x120.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/s_COVID-195.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As we discussed in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/small-businesses-must-pay-employees-for-coronavirus-absence\/\">post, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act<\/a> (\u201cFFCRA\u201d) requires small businesses to paid employees for time away from work for various reasons related to the coronavirus epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>The FFRCA provides two types of benefits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employers must pay an employee at his or her regular rate of pay if the employee is unable to work or telework because of a federal, state, or local order related to COVID-19, or because the employee has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine because of COVID-19 concerns, or because the employee has symptoms of a coronavirus infection and is seeking a diagnosis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/small-businesses-receive-help-with-coronavirus-paid-leave\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Small Businesses Receive Help with Coronavirus Paid Leave\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we discussed in a recent post, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (\u201cFFCRA\u201d) requires small businesses to paid employees for time away from work for various reasons related to the coronavirus epidemic. 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