The Families First Coronavirus Response Act provides paid leave protections to employees who qualify for Emergency Paid Sick Leave and/or Expanded Family Medical Leave. Employees unable to work or telework due to a COVID-19-related reason, including childcare issues, may be eligible to request these paid leaves. In addition, employees who are members of vulnerable populations at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 and/or employees who share a household with or have primary care responsibility for someone in a vulnerable population may request temporary, COVID-19 accommodations. Additional information is available on the HR website under the Coronavirus (COVID-19) FAQs.
Live, instructor-led webinars about the new leaves and COVID-19 accommodations will be held 2-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, and 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Registration for the webinars is available in UA LMS. Direct questions to the HR Service Center at 205-348-7732 or hrsvctr@ua.edu.