Employment Law Now IV-78- BREAKING: US DOL Issues New Regulations After Federal Court Invalidated Old Regulations
Nichole Atallah Comments on Small Business Benefits in CARES Act, FFCRA, and EFMLA
As employers look to bring their workforces back to the workplace, they face a range of new guidance, regulations, statutes and orders issued by federal, state and local governments and agencies. Employers will need to assess...more
On April 23, 2020, Hinshaw labor and employment attorneys Brette Bensinger, Maryjo Pirages Reynolds, and Leigh Bonsall presented a webinar titled "Employer compliance and COVID-19: Paid sick Leave, Furloughs and Layoffs."...more
On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) released the model notice that covered employers must post regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), along with...more
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) into law in response to the public health emergency caused by COVID-19. This is a sweeping legislation that has an immediate...more
On March 18, the U.S. Senate passed, and President Trump quickly signed, H.R. 6201–the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. H.R. 6201 contains a number of provisions designed to address the coronavirus (COVID-19)...more
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on employers, many of whom are grappling with hard decisions regarding reducing their workforce for various reasons. The following guidance provides an overview of paid...more
New federal and state laws were enacted on March 18 that will require New York employers to provide paid sick leave to employees affected by COVID-19. Outlined below are key paid sick leave provisions affecting employers of...more
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) into law, effective within 15 days—April 2, 2020. Husch Blackwell Strategies, our law firm’s affiliated full-service government...more
On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The President quickly signed it into law on the same day. The Act provides paid sick time and expands the Family and Medical Leave Act...more
In follow up on this issue, late yesterday the Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which President Trump signed last night and will become effective April 2, 2020. The below is a general summary and is...more
On March 18th, Congress sent to President Trump, and President Trump signed into law, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”). The Act addresses many topics relating to COVID-19 Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”),...more
After a week of significant work and bipartisan effort, Congress passed and the President signed into law an expansion of the FMLA along with separate paid sick leave benefits to American workers on March 18, 2020. Entitled...more
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Act”). The Act is intended to address some of the work-related impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. While the Act covers paid...more
Key Takeaways - On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Senate approved H.R. 6201, the House of Representative’s Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Families First Act”) and shortly thereafter, the President signed it into law. ...more
President Trump signed into law the economic stimulus bill aimed at curbing the impact of COVID-19 on businesses and individuals. Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a corrected version of...more
On the evening of March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. This law requires all public employers and private employers with less than 500 employees to provide emergency...more
Update: President Trump signed these Acts into law on March 18. They are expected to take effect no later than April 2. Today the U.S. Senate voted to adopt House Bill 6201 with some corrections and clarifications. These...more
President Trump on March 18, 2020, signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (COVID-19 Bill) to provide emergency relief to businesses and employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 Bill will...more