"The storm, which begins on Friday (January 23), is being driven by an arctic air mass traveling south from Canada and clashing with warm Gulf air. Widespread power outages, unsafe driving conditions and flight cancellations are expected, as one former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) worker admitted he doesn't know how people are going to cope with the 'potentially catastrophic event.'"
"Federal workers are the only ones legally entitled to paid time off due to adverse conditions, known as ' weather and safety leave'. This is paid at the same rate as annual and sick leave, as per the Code of Federal Regulations. It can be granted at the agency's discretion, only if weather prevents safe travel or work at an approved location."
"Elsewhere, employees on a fixed salary must generally be paid their regular wages for a week in which any work was performed, even if weather causes a closure that prevents some work days, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) states, as per JD Supra. This doesn't apply if the closure lasts a full workweek, however. So if you worked Monday through Thursday but couldn't safely commute Friday, you technically should still be paid."
An arctic air mass colliding with warm Gulf air will drive Storm Fern, bringing ice, snow, sleet and freezing rain from Texas and Oklahoma to the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic states. Widespread power outages, unsafe driving conditions and flight cancellations are expected across much of the US, beginning Friday, January 23. Federal employees are entitled to paid weather-and-safety leave at the same rate as annual and sick leave, granted at agency discretion and not available if vacation was already booked. Salaried employees generally must be paid for any week in which work occurred under the FLSA, unless a closure lasts the full workweek.
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