Don't slack on the new leave law: DOL is cracking down.

The ink was barely dry on the new federal paid sick-leave law when the DOL announced the first enforcement action. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act took effect in April and three weeks later the U.S. Department of Labor announced it had already secured a settlement in the first lawsuit alleging a violation of the FFCRA.

Agency investigators found that an Arizona electrical company failed to pay an employee for what qualified as paid sick leave after the company received documentation that his doctor had ordered him to self-quarantine. That is one of five conditions requiring employers to provide paid...