Fevered worker sent home: Is that a paid day?

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As a COVID precaution, many employers are taking employees' temperatures upon arrival each day. If an hourly employee has a fever (100.4 degrees and above, according to the CDC) and you send him or her home, you may need to pay for that day.

That's because eight states have "reporting time pay" (or "show up pay") laws that require you to pay hourly workers who show up for their scheduled shifts but are sent home...

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