El Paso Plumbing Contractor Pays Back Wages to Employee After Denying Paid Leave to Care for Children Whose School Closed for Coronavirus
(WorldNews Mexico)

EL PASO, TX - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor`s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Texas MEP Contractors LLC - a plumbing contractor based in El Paso, Texas - has paid $804 in back wages to an employee wrongly denied paid sick leave for a qualifying reason covered under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Investigators determined that Texas MEP Contractors LLC was required to pay the single father for time needed away from work to care for his school-aged children when their school closed for coronavirus-related reasons. The FFCRA allows employees to take paid leave when...