Families First Coronavirus Response Act

PLEASE NOTE: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) benefits enacted by the Department of Labor effective April 1, 2020 expired December 31, 2020. This benefit is no longer available. Employees are welcomed to contact their HR Business Partner at hrbusinesspartners@memphis.edu with questions regarding leave needed related to the pandemic.

In response to the current pandemic and in an effort to ease employees’ choices between protecting their jobs and their families, the Department of Labor enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) effective April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. This act provides University employees with expanded FMLA coverage and additional paid sick leave.