--- title: New Coronavirus Relief Laws description: Two news coronavirus relief laws were signed last week to provide workers with paid leave for reasons related to the coronavirus pandemic. image: https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/newsletter%20preview%20images/Legislative-Alert-BN.jpg --- ![New Coronavirus Relief Laws](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/newsletter%20preview%20images/Legislative-Alert-BN.jpg) # New Coronavirus Relief Laws - Home - [Employee Benefit News for School, City and County Employers](https://blog.nisbenefits.com) - New Coronavirus Relief Laws [ Rick Labian ](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/author/rick-labian) 03/27/2020 [ Legislative News](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/topic/aca-other-legislative-news), [ COVID-19](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/topic/covid-19) [0 Comments ](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/new-coronavirus-relief-laws#postComment) 1 Minutes *1.5 minute read * Last week, President Trump signed two coronavirus relief acts into law. They were created to provide workers with paid leave for reasons related to the coronavirus pandemic. **Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act** - Provides FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) rights for some employees of companies with fewer than 500 employees - Allows 12 weeks of partially paid FMLA leave to care for a child whose school or daycare facility has been closed due to COVID-19 - Leave must be compensated after the first 10 days at two-thirds of an employee’s wage up to $200 per day - The leave only applies to workers who have been employed by their current employer for 30 days **Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act** Requires employers to provide 80 hours of paid sick time for government workers and employees of companies with fewer than 500 employees in specified circumstances, including: - When the employee has symptoms of COVID-19 - A quarantine or isolation order for the employee or someone the employee is caring for, or medical advice to self-quarantine - When the employee’s child’s daycare or school is closed Employers with 500 employees or more are exempt from the laws, and employers may exclude employees who are health care providers and emergency responders. The legislation also allows future regulations to businesses with fewer than 50 employees from providing leave for child care reasons if their leave would jeopardize the viability of the business Leave benefits will expire on December 31, 2020. [Download the bulletin.](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/Blog%20-%20supporting%20documents/bulletin%20-%20New%20Coronavirus%20Relief%20Law%20Requires%20Paid%20Employee%20Leave.pdf) **Additional Resource** [COVID-19 Scenarios and Benefits Available](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/Blog%20-%20supporting%20documents/resource%20-%20COVID-19%20Scenarios%20Benefits%20Available.pdf) [![Watch the Video](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3325505/f2d7ec36-bf09-467c-814d-cad9ab807b76.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3325505/f2d7ec36-bf09-467c-814d-cad9ab807b76) *This blog is intended to be a compilation of information and resources pulled from federal, state and local agencies. This is not intended to be legal advice. 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