In addition to the ever-growing number of fraud charges brought in connection with the SBA’s PPP program, recent indictments issued across the country in connection with Covid-19 unemployment benefits and economic injury...more
On March 12, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) was signed into law, providing an estimated $1.9 trillion stimulus package to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the ARP’s key provisions include a...more
President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on March 11, 2021. The bill (H.R. 1319) includes the “Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020” (here called “CARES Act III”), providing for yet...more
The American Rescue Plan of 2021 (the Rescue Plan) is a massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic relief package that contains some key employment-related provisions. The Rescue Plan provides additional benefits to...more
Tonight the President is expected to announce on the major networks and cable news services that he will sign into law tomorrow the next stimulus bill called the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which Congress passed...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued guidance to state unemployment insurance agencies that expands eligibility for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). PUA is a federally funded unemployment expansion that was...more
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) which modifies or extends to March 14, 2021 many of the relief programs first created in March 2020 by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and...more
On Dec. 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Congress did not extend the mandate to provide leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), but did extend the...more
After months of deadlock, a $900 billion stimulus package promises direct payments, unemployment benefits and small business aid. On December 27, President Trump signed into law a $900 billion COVID relief package and a...more
Updated on December 31, 2020 On March 28, we published a QuickStudy outlining the relevant unemployment provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the “CARES Act”, signed into law by President...more
Who Needs to Know - All employers covered by the FFCRA, employers attempting to recall or hire employees currently receiving unemployment benefits and possibly eligible for extended benefits, and employers who may conduct...more
On December 27, the President signed the next stimulus bill that Congress passed on December 21. The legislation extends unemployment assistance not only for employees but also for independent contractors and other...more
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed an approximately $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, which, if signed into law, would extend certain unemployment insurance (UI) provisions found in the CARES Act that was passed in...more
Facing a government shutdown and the expiration of many of the relief programs included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) enacted in March 2020, on December 21, 2020, Congress passed...more
While much attention is currently focused on whether Congress will extend, in whole or in part, the emergency $600 increase in unemployment insurance benefits (“UI”) that, until July 31, 2020, had been provided by the CARES...more
During the current COVID-19 crisis, over one million New Yorkers have applied for unemployment insurance (UI) and New York State has paid out over $7 billion in benefits. Despite these numbers, many employers do not...more
In March 2020, the U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 4.4% as the COVID-19 pandemic caused millions of workers to lose their jobs in a short period of time. In April 2020, private sector payrolls reported losses exceeding 20...more
Today, May 5, 2020, New Jersey will start making its first payments under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program announced as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act on March 27....more
California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) Unemployment Insurance program has implemented new procedures and temporary policy changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and federal legislation implementing the...more
The Delaware Department of Labor runs the state’s unemployment benefits program. The Department of Labor has posted guidance and issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions related to COVID-19 that can be found here....more
On Monday, April 20, 2020, Massachusetts became one of the first states to begin providing unemployment benefits to gig workers, self-employed individuals, independent contractors, freelancers, and others not traditionally...more