{"id":13124,"date":"2021-03-10T21:37:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T21:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/10\/federal-employee-protections-included-in-new-covid-relief-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:37:18","slug":"federal-employee-protections-included-in-new-covid-relief-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2021\/03\/10\/federal-employee-protections-included-in-new-covid-relief-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal employee protections included in new COVID relief bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal employees received specific carve-outs in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2021\/03\/10\/congress-oks-19t-virus-relief-bill-in-win-for-biden-dems\/\" target=_blank>COVID-19 legislation<\/a> that Congress sent to the president\u2019s desk Wednesday, including those that protect employees in the case of COVID-related illness or emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation would mandate an automatic presumption of workplace illness for federal employees that currently work on the front lines and fall sick with COVID-19. Such automatic presumptions make it easier for employees or their survivors to receive workers compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal employees would also be able to take up to 15 weeks of emergency paid leave through September if they are exposed to COVID-19, need to get the vaccine, have a negative reaction to getting the vaccine or must take time to care for dependent family members as a result of the pandemic. That leave is capped at $2,800 in aggregate for any biweekly pay period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such leave could prove significant as more and more federal employees become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2021\/02\/17\/dod-has-vaccinated-nearly-300000-civilians-for-covid-19\/\" target=_blank>eligible for the vaccine<\/a> either through age, preexisting conditions or the criticality of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFederal employees didn\u2019t receive the 10 weeks of paid expanded family and medical leave that Congress provided to other employees last year, so they have exhausted their sick and annual leave much sooner than other workers,\u201d American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis additional leave will give federal employees more time to safely recover from COVID-19 or respond to related family 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