Major Employers Targeted in Biden’s Virus Paid Leave Plan (1)

The Biden administration’s plan to expand emergency federal leave during the Covid-19 pandemic includes the nation’s largest companies, widening the pool of employers that can be sued if they refuse to grant worker requests to recover from the virus, care for family members, or deal with school and childcare closures.

The plan announced Thursday would revive and strengthen the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the nation’s first federal paid leave law that went into effect last year to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Its leave requirements, which lapsed on Dec. 31, were criticized by worker advocates for excluding companies ...