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Updates to New York Quarantine Rules and Their Impact on COVID-19 Paid Leave - Complimentary Webinar
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On June 12, the DC City Council passed the District’s Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget, which includes a 0.49% increase to the mandatory employer payroll tax to support the Universal Paid Family Leave Program. This...more
It’s not usual for companies to have employees working in multiple states, especially if they hire remote workers. However, managing a workforce that is spread out over multiple locations can be challenging. Join Sara...more
Maine employers may be preparing to comply with Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program as required payroll contributions to the PFML Insurance Fund are set to begin on January 1, 2025, but questions remain as...more
Oregon employers with collective bargaining agreements (CBA) have until March 31, 2023, to begin deducting employee contributions to Paid Leave Oregon, the Paid Leave Oregon Advisory Committee clarified on March 1, 2023....more
Effective October 1, 2022, employers with employees who provide a significant portion of their services in the District of Columbia (“D.C.”) are impacted by two important changes: (i) the expansion of mandatory paid leave...more
On September 30, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law (Senate Bill 951 or “SB951”) providing for increased benefits for workers taking paid family leave. The existing California Paid Family Leave law...more
On May 13, 2022, the Miles & Stockbridge Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration practice group presented its twentieth annual Hot Topics in Employment Law seminar to clients from throughout Maryland and beyond. Topics...more
The Oregon Employment Department (OED) has announced the contribution rate for Paid Leave Oregon, the paid family and medical leave program funded through payroll taxes which launches in 2023....more
Governor John Carney recently signed a bill making Delaware the 11th state to create a paid family leave program for eligible employees. Covered businesses will need to make payroll contributions beginning January 1, 2025,...more
Maryland will soon be the tenth state to offer paid family leave to employees, continuing a trend that is expected to roll across the country in the next few years. This comes after the Maryland legislature’s April 9 vote to...more
With the passage of The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), employers with fewer than 500 employees now have the option of continuing pandemic-related paid leave for eligible employees and seeking reimbursement for the...more
As previously discussed, the American Rescue Plan Act was passed and signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021. The Act extends and expands payroll tax credits until September 30, 2021, for employers who...more
Last Thursday, President Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion stimulus package called the American Rescue Plan. While the final version of the bill did not include the much-debated increase in the federal minimum wage, it...more
On December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 a small portion of which, the COVID-Related Tax Relief Act of 2020, (Relief Act) extends and modifies certain relief to...more
The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act ("FFCRA") that mandated two weeks of paid sick leave for COVID-19 reasons – and extended the FMLA by protecting leave relating to the need for child care because of COVID-19 – expired...more
As we discussed previously after the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) expired on December 31, 2020, President Trump signed the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) which allowed employers to decide if...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The Act contains multiple provisions relating to employer sponsored employee benefit plans. The Act provides an employer the ability to...more
Colorado voters passed Proposition 118 yesterday, creating Paid Family and Medical Leave obligations for all employers in the state. This initiative mandates that employers provide 12 weeks of leave for Colorado employees,...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
Spilman attorneys Kevin Carr and John Allevato discuss the implications of COVID-19 and the interplay of business, tax and labor issues associated with the important CARES Act stimulus programs....more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Act) requires certain employers to provide employees who are affected by COVID-19 with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave. The Act also provides employers with...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides assistance to small businesses impacted by COVID-19. Congress did not, however, provide a one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, small businesses must...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act and state enactments on unemployment, business closures, and mandatory shelter at-home orders have impacted business of all sizes. Businesses are looking for practical advice to...more
Businesses struggling with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis received good news late last night when the Senate passed an unprecedented piece of legislation aimed at providing a massive stimulus to...more
Late Wednesday night, the Senate passed a sweeping coronavirus economic rescue package that would pump $2 trillion into America’s economy. The House is expected to take up the bill as early as Friday, March 27...more