AGC appreciates the efforts of Congress and the Administration to take swift action to act on public health and economic needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many of the provisions within the recently House-passed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, take level-headed action to mitigate risks to our communities. However, the institution of a regime whereby small business employers of fewer than 500 employees must front up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave at two-thirds pay in addition to two weeks of paid sick leave at full or two-thirds pay is at best problematic, and at worst unworkable. That remains the case even with the proposed 100 percent tax credit coverage capped at $511 per employee per day and $200 per day, respectively.
AGC recommends that the federal government—not construction employers—is best equipped to administer and front compensation for COVID-19-related illness leave.
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