Portage Community School District employees who canât work due to quarantine will continue to receive pay for those days and wonât have to use their own sick time even after federal coronavirus measures end Dec. 31.
With the CARES Act and Families First Coronavirus Response Act set to expire in two weeks, human resources manager Lisa Mildenberger asked the personnel committee and school board to approve a contingency plan Monday that basically extends the benefits mandated under the acts, including two-thirds pay for employees who have to be absent for more than 10 cumulative days because of the virus.
âThatâs really all I wanted to ask for, is if we could continue doing the same thing, because thatâs the biggest thing. I talked to a lot of employees who â itâs been a struggle for them if they donât get paid,â Mildenberger said during the committee meeting that preceded the full board meeting.