Following Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (round two), the Administration and Senate are already busy finalizing measures to be included in round three, which will be focused on economic distress...more
The House of Representatives has passed a corrections bill for H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The bill will now be considered by the Senate. Key provisions that have attracted significant attention...more
3/17/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Emergency Response ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
HDHPs ,
Paid Leave ,
Pending Legislation ,
Sick Leave ,
State of Emergency ,
Tax Credits ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Wage and Hour
After passing $8.3 billion in supplemental appropriations for federal agencies to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak earlier this month, Congress is moving forward with its second legislative response, the...more
3/17/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Response ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
HDHPs ,
Paid Leave ,
Pending Legislation ,
Sick Leave ,
State of Emergency ,
Tax Credits ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Wage and Hour
The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) imposes a tax on employee wages, and requires contributions from employers in order to fund Social Security and Medicare. Currently, the Social Security portion of FICA tax...more
World health officials are responding to an outbreak of a new respiratory disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus that causes COVID-19 was first detected in China in the final days of 2019, and has now...more
The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Labor on March 11, 2020, held a hearing on The Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1784). The bill, which was introduced in early 2019, requires employers to provide at...more