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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act Furloughs

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Don’t Let Bank Uncertainty Delay Payroll: Considerations for Employers

With bank uncertainty making headlines, we answer employers’ most frequently asked questions about the consequences of payroll delays, strategies for mitigating risk and more. ...more

Goodwin

Benefit Plan Considerations for Employers in a Market Downturn

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​​​​​​​When markets are unpredictable, employers may be required to make business decisions that can have unanticipated effects on their retirement and health and welfare benefit plans. Employers should keep the following...more

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IRS Addresses Lingering Employer Questions Regarding COBRA Premium Assistance and Corresponding Tax Credits under the American...

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The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides for 100% premium assistance to certain qualified beneficiaries for continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) for periods of...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

10 Common Benefit Issues In M&As During The Covid-19 Era

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Mergers and acquisitions among private companies always present a range of HR challenges, especially in light of Covid-19. Many of those issues revolve around benefits. Here are the most common that organizations typically...more

Perkins Coie

Variable Hour Employee Benefits Eligibility under COVID-19

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Are Employees Receiving a Lavish Gift This Holiday Season or an Unintended Lump of Coal in Their Stockings? COVID-19 has forced many employers to make unanticipated changes to their workforce, with many retailers rolling...more

Carlton Fields

Three Timely Benefits Items Everyone Should Know

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Carlton Fields tax attorney Lowell Walters discusses three timely employee benefits issues: using employee benefits to reduce expenses; helping retirement plan participants in an inconsistent investment market; and, the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Class Action Trends Report Summer 2020

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Employers continue to grapple with an ongoing, unprecedented public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its after-effects, which have profoundly disrupted the nation’s economy and U.S. workplaces. In this issue,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Can We Please Stop Using The Term Furlough Without Defining It?

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What is a “furlough” when applied to a private business with a non-union workforce in California? In my view, it is a temporary layoff (or required unpaid leave due to lack of work) with full expectations to return to work. ...more

Troutman Pepper

COVID-19 Resource Guide for Human Resources Professionals: Employee Benefits Considerations for Reopening in 2020

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COVID-19 continues to throw us curveballs. While some states that were continuing on their path to recovery are having to backtrack, others have managed to temporarily halt the progression of COVID-19 and are proceeding as...more

Gray Reed

What Does a Furlough Mean to My Employees?

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When restaurants were ordered to shutter – and before PPP – Ernest Bux’s sister Cookie Bux who owns Beef O’Bux Restaurants was in a bind. Should she lay off or furlough employees who were showing up for work to her empty...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Employers: Benefits Considerations Post-Pandemic [More with McGlinchey Ep. 3]

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During the Coronavirus, it’s been fun working from home, but many are returning to the trenches. One of the issues we need to take a look at is employee benefits. In this episode, McGlinchey Labor & Employment team members...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Do We Need a Plan Amendment for That? Top FAQs to Decide

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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have gotten daily calls and emails from our clients asking how furloughs, layoffs, the CARES Act, and a host of other pandemic-related changes affect the benefit plans that they...more

Lathrop GPM

Navigating the COBRA Rules Under the Latest DOL and IRS COVID-19 Relief

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The changes in employment status due to the COVID-19 pandemic range from reduced hours, to furlough, to layoff, to leave of absence to employment termination. A chief concern for both employers and employees is how a change...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New COBRA Notices & Extended Deadlines May Create Traps for the Unwary: Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19

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The economic downturn caused by COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented number of layoffs, furloughs, and reduced hours. Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”)...more

Dentons

Benefits During a Furlough/Layoff

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Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we have fielded a number of questions regarding the terminology used during temporary inactive periods for an employee during the pandemic, specifically: is it a furlough or layoff?  ...more

Jaburg Wilk

The Shared Work Program is Another Option for Employers

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One of the new programs under the CARES Act legislation is the Shared Work Program. The concept is fairly simple. Rather than furloughing or laying off an employee, an employer may instead reduce the number of hours each...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

What all employers are asking about health and retirement benefits during COVID-19

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Employers are trying to be as generous as possible during the interruption to normal operations caused by COVID-19, including by keeping benefits in place even when salaries are out of the question. Every penny and decision...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19: RIFs, Furloughs, Layoffs, and Leaves of Absence

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As the COVID-19 state of emergency continues, businesses are implementing and considering a variety of employee-related measures to manage the impact of the crisis. While some businesses may avail themselves of payroll...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

COVID-19: Benefits FAQs for Health and Welfare Plans

Employers impacted by COVID-19 have a variety of questions regarding the situation’s effect on employee health and welfare plans - particularly on how to maintain compliance with state and federal regulations....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

COVID-19: Health and Welfare Plan Issues

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This set of FAQs is part of a series dealing with the impact of COVID-19 on businesses. Government-mandated protocols and social distancing directives as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to significant business...more

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Paying Health Insurance Premiums for Furloughed or Laid Off Employees

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Employers of all sizes in nearly every industry have had to lay off or furlough employees in an attempt to deal with the massive business disruptions caused by the spread of COVID-19. Facing this reality, many employers have...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Benefits Considerations In Light Of Changing Employment Conditions And The COVID-19 Pandemic

In light of the current COVID-19 health care crisis, employers are considering numerous options in the face of closed businesses and reduced income. These considerations include reducing employee work hours, furloughing...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 Employer Checklist

1) Publish, circulate, and implement the latest CDC, local health department, and OSHA pronouncements on maintaining a healthy worksite and make sure you are stocked on essential product (soaps and sanitizers)....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast]: Recent Developments Associated With The Coronavirus Pandemic

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partners Harris Mufson, Seth Safra, Mike Lebowich and Guy Brenner discuss recent developments associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Tune in as we address the latest...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Employee Benefits Issues To Consider Before Deciding To Furlough Or Terminate Employees During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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With the combination of our nation’s response to COVID-19 and the resultant economic downturn, employers of all sizes face the moral and financial dilemma of evaluating employee headcounts while businesses are grappling with...more

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