Gov Evers’ planned shutdown order for WI – to be signed tomorrow

Mar. 2020

Wisconsin Gov Tony Evers tweeted that he will sign a Stay At-home Order tomorrow.  As the Order is not finalized, we have not seen the details.  The governor did say there will be exceptions for certain types of businesses.  We can let you know as soon as we have more information.  Please monitor our blog (www.mil-law.com) and/or LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-mcmanus-9a73822a/detail/recent-activity/shares/) as well.

If your WI employer shuts down due to the governor’s order, this move may require you to reinstate TTD benefits for any employees where the employer was accommodating sedentary or light duty work restrictions due to a work injury.  That said, under the new FFCRA law (that goes into effect on 4/2/20), employers with 26 to 499 employees (unless otherwise exempted by the Department of Labor) are required to continue pay up to 80 hours of paid sick time (depending on whether the employee is full-time or part-time) if the employee is quarantined, taking care of someone who is quarantined, etc.  Also, there is up to an additional 10 weeks of paid family leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay where an employee, who has been employed for at least 30 calendar days, is unable to work due to a bona fide need for leave to care for a child whose school or child care provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19.

McManus & Associates LLC will continue to operate as we all have the capability to work from home.  We will continue to monitor our VM as well.  Please let us know if you have any questions.