Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Updated April 9, 2020

The U.S. Congress enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), in effect from April 1 – December 31, 2020. It offers two paid leave provisions – Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion – to support eligible employees in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic.

FFCRA Workplace Poster | (En Español)

FFCRA – E-FML Update – April 7, 2020 |(Actualización de la FFCRA: Licencia Médica Familiar de Emergencia)

FFCRA Announcement – April 6, 2020 | (Ley Familias Primero de Respuesta al Coronavirus)

Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act

 

Leave Allowance

The Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (E-PSL), provisions allow for two weeks of paid leave (up to 80 hours), pro-rated based on FTE and average hours worked, for personal illness or to care for loves ones who are ill.

The E-PSL leave effectively replaces the Conditional Paid Leave program: UNM put in place initially for the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Eligibility

UNM and UNM HSC employees (faculty, staff and students) meeting one or more of the following criteria:

1. Are subject to a quarantine/isolation order related to COVID-19
2. Have been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to COVID-19
3. Are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19
4. Are caring for an individual subject to quarantine or isolation
5. Are caring for a child whose school or place of care is closed
6. Are experiencing any other, substantially similar situation

Employees utilizing Emergency Paid Sick Leave will compensated at their regular rate of pay.

 

Requesting E-PSL

Click here to submit a request for Emergency Paid Sick Leave. If you have specific questions, please contact your relevant employment area:

• Staff – HR Client Services at clientsv@unm.edu
• Main and Branch Campus Faculty – Office of Faculty Affairs and Services at faculty@unm.edu
• HSC Faculty – HSC Faculty Contracts at HSC-HSCFCO@salud.unm.edu
• Graduate Assistants – Graduate Studies at assistantships@unm.edu
• Student Employees – Student Employment Office at stuemp@unm.edu
• School of Medicine Faculty – SOM Faculty Affairs at som-facultyaffairs@salud.unm.edu

 

Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

 

Leave Allowance

The Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (E-FML) provides up to 10 weeks of paid leave under FMLA, for specific employees who are caring for a child under the age of 18, whose school or place of care has closed due to COVID-19. Employees approved for E-FML are required to take annual leave concurrently with E-FML; after available annual leave is exhausted, employees are entitled to pay at 2/3 their regular rate, up to a max of $25 per hour, for up to a grand total of 10 weeks combined annual leave and E-FML (total of 400 hours, pro-rated by FTE and averaged hours worked).

 

Eligibility

UNM staff, faculty, and student employees who are unable to work or telecommute because they are caring for a child under the age of 18 whose school or place of care has closed due to COVID-19.

Due to their critical need, UNM employees working at the HSC and others performing critical campus operations – employees of UNMPD, SHAC, SRS, and all other emergency management, public works and utilities employees, regardless of their duty station – are excluded from coverage under E-FML.

 

Requesting E-FML

E-FML is an available paid leave option effective from April 1 – December 31, 2020.

Click here to submit a request for Emergency Family and Medical Leave. If you have specific questions, please contact your relevant employment area:

• Staff – HR Client Services at clientsv@unm.edu
• Main and Branch Campus Faculty – Office of Faculty Affairs and Services at faculty@unm.edu
• HSC Faculty – HSC Faculty Contracts at HSC-HSCFCO@salud.unm.edu
• Graduate Assistants – Graduate Studies at assistantships@unm.edu
• Student Employees – Student Employment Office at stuemp@unm.edu
• School of Medicine Faculty – SOM Faculty Affairs at som-facultyaffairs@salud.unm.edu