Labor Dept.: Delivery Contractor Pays Back Wages After Denying Paid Sick Leave to Employee Ordered to Self-Quarantine
June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release:
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Black Swan Inc. - a delivery service contractor based in Austin, Texas - has paid $800 in back wages to an employee for wrongly denying paid sick leave for a qualifying reason under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). FFCRA allows employ . . .
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Black Swan Inc. - a delivery service contractor based in Austin, Texas - has paid $800 in back wages to an employee for wrongly denying paid sick leave for a qualifying reason under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). FFCRA allows employ . . .