DOL Issues Guidance About How School Re-Opening Plans Will Impact Employee Eligibility for Certain Federal Benefits

In an interview with SHRM, Bob Robenalt comments on the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) guidance addressing the impact of school reopening on paid leave requirements and unemployment benefits under federal stimulus programs. Bob notes that the guidance helps determine when parent-employees with school age children are eligible for these federal benefits, and he explains that eligibility for these benefits depends on their children’s individual school opening and/or distance learning scenarios.

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