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Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Ended, but Tax Credits Continue: What Employers Need to Know

In March 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (FFCRA), which mandated that employers with fewer than 500 employees provide paid sick and FMLA leave to eligible employees for specified...more

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Mandatory COVID Leave Expires, but Tax Credits for Providing COVID Leave are Extended

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Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are no longer required to provide employees with COVID-related paid leave, but they may do so in some situations and still...more

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Congress Makes Additional Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Optional

The dust has now settled on the new stimulus bill signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020. The changes to the Family First Coronavirus Recovery Act (“FFCRA”) was buried in over 5000 pages of text and provides a choice...more

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Months After Ordering Plans to Disregard Sub-Regulatory Guidance, Trump Administration Learns to Love the Informal FAQs

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 11, the IRS, DOL and HHS issued a series of FAQs clarifying the scope of the FFCRA/CARES Act mandates relating to COVID-19 testing for group health plans and health insurance issuers. This post...more

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employment Considerations for Non-Profit Organizations

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President Donald Trump on March 18, 2020, signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “FFCRA” or “Families First Act”) to provide economic relief to those impacted by COVID-19. This law includes key employment...more

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Jackson Walker Updates FAQs on Employment Issues Arising Out of COVID-19

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Jackson Walker posted its update to FAQs on employment issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The JW updates reflect recent Department of Labor (DOL) regulations and guidelines for employer compliance with the...more

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How Employers Can Take Advantage of Tax Credits under the New FFCRA Legislation

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) creates, for the first time, a federal requirement to issue paid sick leave and paid FMLA benefits for most private employers with fewer than 500 employees. To help offset...more

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DOL Finalizes FFCRA Regulations

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After days of uncertainty and looming deadlines created by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the DOL has finally issued some definitive regulatory guidance, as well as twenty new Q&As to its list of...more

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COVID-19: DOL Issues Temporary Final Rule on Expanded Paid Sick and Family Leave Entitlements

U.S. Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) paid sick leave provisions became effective April 1, 2020. Final Temporary Rule from Department of Labor (DOL) provides employers with additional interpretive guidance,...more

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DOL and IRS Update Families First Coronavirus Response Act Guidance

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The U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") has issued temporary regulations and the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has issued detailed guidance both regarding the implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act...more

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APRIL 2 UPDATED NEW Q&As: Big Questions, and Even Bigger Answers, About the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

UPDATED - We have updated several items as clarifications have been made. We will continue to update as more frequently asked questions are posed. When Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ("CRA"),...more

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DOL and IRS Issue Additional Guidance Regarding FFCRA - Including Answers to Four Common Questions

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The leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) take effect on April 1, 2020. In preparation, there is additional guidance as to four common inquiries...more

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Client Alert: Joint Guidance Gives Immediate Relief to Small and Midsize Businesses

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The IRS and DOL recently issued joint guidance enabling small and midsize employers to begin taking advantage of two new refundable payroll tax credits which are designed to immediately and fully reimburse them,...more

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Small And Mid-Size Businesses Should be Able to Swiftly Recover the Cost of Providing Coronavirus Related Paid Leave Under the...

Employers with fewer than 500 employees (“Eligible Employers”) are required to provide paid leave for employees on leave due to (1) their own COVID-19 related health needs...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

DOL Issues Guidance On Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its first set of guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Act). According to a DOL press release, the department plans to issue guidance on a rolling basis. The...more

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More On The FFCRA: Payroll Tax Credits And Period Of Non-Enforcement

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As we told you on March 22, 2020, the Department of Treasury (DOT), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Department of Labor (DOL) announced plans to provide some relief for small and midsize employers in light of the recently...more

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Updated - Paid Leave Laws Change in Response to Coronavirus

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On the evening of March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the multiple-subject Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The focus of this alert is to summarize the two portions of the FFCRA which provide...more

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Government Agencies Announce Plan to Implement COVID-19 Leave and Tax Credits

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On March 20, the Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a plan for implementing the new COVID-19 leave requirements and payment of tax credits for small and...more

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II-25 – Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Employers in 2018

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From federal agency changes to anticipated developments in sexual harassment, paid leave, overtime, and marijuana use, this episode of Employment Law Now provides ten issues that employers should resolve to understand in the...more

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Blacklisting for Past Labor Violations -- Executive Order 13673

Officially known as “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces,” Executive Order 13673 now consists of proposed guidance from the Department of Labor (DOL) and proposed regulations from the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR). It...more

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DOL Issues New Guidance on Independent Contractors

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The misclassification of employees as independent contractors continues to be a hot issue and to receive attention at the state and federal levels. Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”)...more

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Employment Law - July 2015

The Impact of National Same-Sex Marriage for Employers - Why it matters: How will employers feel the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges? The landmark ruling that the Fourteenth...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

15 For ’15: Employment And Labor Resolutions For The New Year

While the year is still young, here are 15 New Year’s resolutions that employers may want to make: 1. Make sure your “independent contractors” are really independent contractors. ”Independent contractors” are under...more

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New Guidance Issued On Same-Sex Marriage Impact On Benefit Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), the Employee Benefits Security Administration ("EBSA") and the Department of Labor ("DOL") have recently provided new guidance with respect to how lawfully married same-sex spouses will...more

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Benefits Update, No. 4, November 2013: The World Post-Windsor: Rethinking Benefit And Leave Policies For Same-Sex Spouses

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Following a highly-publicized U.S. Supreme Court decision and subsequent guidance from both the Labor Department (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), employers need to rethink how they treat same-sex spouses under...more

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