COVID-19 Employee Leave Requirements & Documentation

Supplement to COVID-19 Considerations For Emergency PSL & Emergency FMLA (Barack Ferrazzano Client Alert, April 2020)


Employers are required to keep records of the need for leave (both granted and not granted) for four years.

For all leaves the employee is required to provide the employer with documentation of the need for the leave that includes the following general information and the more specific information described for the particular leave:

In addition, the employee must provide the following more specific information, if the employee:

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