Health-Care Exclusions Narrowed in Revised Virus Paid-Leave Rule

A virus-relief law giving workers up to 12 weeks of paid leave will be expanded to cover more health-care employees under an updated Labor Department rule prompted by an August court opinion.

The agency released late Friday its second interpretation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the stimulus measure Congress passed in March. The law required businesses with fewer than 500 workers to provide two weeks of paid sick leave to employees affected by the virus and up to 10 weeks of partially paid family leave for working parents to care for children whose school or day care is ...