Virus Paid Leave, Jobless Aid for Parents Has Limits, DOL Says

Workers are ineligible for virus-related paid family leave and jobless benefits if they decide to educate their children from home when the school gives them the choice of either online or in-person learning, the Labor Department said.

The department clarified this issue Thursday in a pair of guidance documents that applied the recently enacted federal paid leave and expanded unemployment insurance programs to three common scenarios facing working parents across the U.S. as schools reopen in the coming days.

Either partially paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance under the CARES Act may be ...