![]() ![]() PHEL requires employers to supplement whatever HFWA leave the employee accrued before the PHEL with enough leave to assure the employee can take leave in the following amounts: So small employers that do not have to provide PSST hours to employees until Januwill be required to provide the PHEL. Importantly, for small employers, the CDLE stated in Opinion #6C that ALL Colorado employers, regardless of size, are required to provide employees access to PHEL on January 1, 2021.It issued supplemental guidance, Interpretive Notice & Formal Opinion #6C (INFO 6C) and emergency revisions to the Wage Protection Rules, -7 to clarify that it interprets the HFWA to require employers to provide employees access to up to 80 hours of PHEL as of Janudue to the existing COVID-19 public health emergency.On December 23, 2020, the CDLE answered both questions “yes.”. ![]() ![]() Does the supplemental PHEL apply to the existing COVID-19 crisis or the next declared “public health emergency” (PHE)? Does the PHEL apply to all employers? While larger employers have prepared to implement the new PSST leave required January 1, 2021, yesterday, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued guidance on unanswered questions. 11 - July 14, 2020), which expired when the HFWA was enacted. The CO-EPSL applied to Colorado employers who were not covered by the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) (employers over 500 employees and others) and the HFWA superseded the Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay Rules, -10 (Mar. Supplemental public health emergency paid sick leave (PHEL) (up to a maximum of 80 hours) (clarified now as applicable to all employers regardless of size, effective ).Up to 48 hours of paid sick and safe time (PSST) (effective for employers with more than 15 employees and for small employers) and.Up to 80 hours of COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave (CO-EPSL) (expiring 12/31/20).On July 14, 2020, Colorado enacted the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), which required Colorado employers to provide three distinct types of paid sick leave: The existing COVID-19 pandemic triggers “public health emergency” leave on its effective date, January 1, 2021, and such leave applies to ALL employers on January 1, 2021. ![]()
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