Federal Judge:  Cyber Charter School Is Covered Employer Under FFCRA

Mealey's (May 12, 2021, 11:11 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania-based cyber charter school is a covered employer under the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA), a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled May 10 granting a teacher’s motion for partial judgment on the pleadings in a case in which she alleges that she was wrongly denied leave in fall 2020 to care for her children whose brick-and-mortar schools remained closed due to the coronavirus pandemic....