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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has posted to its website information sheets discussing the interplay between pandemic flu preparation/response and compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Both guidance documents are in question and answer form, and address common wage, hour, and leave issues employers face when employees or their family members become sick with the H1N1 influenza virus or other pandemic flu.
Both fact sheets: Pandemic Flu and the Fair Labor Standards Act: Questions and Answers (pdf) and Pandemic Flu and the Family and Medical Leave Act: Questions and Answers (pdf) can be found here.