The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 44 - A Recipe for Litigation: The Simmering Conflict Surrounding ERC Claims
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 28 - Under the Microscope: Examining the Future of the ERC
Employee Retention Tax Credit: Post COVID Updates for Healthcare Practices
Refresh: Setting up a New Charity for Disaster Relief
Navigating the Nuances of the COBRA Subsidy Under the American Rescue Plan Act
Navigating Potential COVID Relief and Healthcare Fraud Issues
Five Impactful USPTO Procedural Developments for Patent Practitioners
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems - The American Rescue Plan Act’s COBRA Subsidy: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Texas House Passes Pandemic Liability Protection Act
Podcast: Employers and the American Rescue Plan - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
Stephen Shaver on CARES Act Relief Funds and Healthcare Organizations
Podcast: American Rescue Plan Delivers New Stimulus Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
#WorkforceWednesday: The American Rescue Plan, OSHA’s New COVID-19 Directive, and NY Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine PTO - Employment Law This Week®
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - DOL’s Guidance on Continued COVID-19 Timeframe Relief
2021 Financial Services Priorities: Fairness and Equality
The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Healthcare Priorities and Landscape
Labor & Employment Issues During President Biden's First 100 Days
PPP Loans: Frequently Asked Questions
Podcast: Congressional Health Care Legislative Agenda - Diagnosing Health Care
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: The Latest on Using and Reporting Your Provider Relief Funds
On the surface, it looks like things are back to normal. Entering spooky season, however, California employers should not assume the coast is clear. One of the nation’s most substantial COVID-19 laws, California’s...more
California could soon extend its COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL) through the end of 2022 and provide relief to small businesses incurring the costs of such leave if Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill sent...more
The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Insurance has announced that the Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave (“MEPSL”) will expire on March 15, 2022, and employers have until April 29, 2022 to file their...more
On July 29, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated its Tax Credits for Paid Leave Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 Guidance (the Guidance). As a reminder, private sector employers with fewer than...more
Executive Summary: On June 15, 2021, the Southern District of Florida granted summary judgment in favor of employer Barrier Technologies, LLC (“Barrier Technologies” or the “employer”), a manufacturer of radiation protection...more
This guidebook is designed to serve as an interactive reference for individuals in Washington state looking for information and resources available to help with the financial impacts of COVID-19. It is not legal advice and...more
Under the American Rescue Plan (ARP), certain private-sector and governmental employers may claim refundable tax credits which provide reimbursement for the cost of providing Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)...more
Takeaway: Intended to provide direct relief to small businesses, the ARP employer tax credit provides an excellent opportunity for employers to reduce their tax liability....more
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law, providing an estimated $1.9 trillion in stimulus to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the various relief provisions are updates...more
Although millions of people in the United States have been vaccinated since COVID-19 vaccine distribution began in December 2020, a large percentage of the population still remains unvaccinated. ...more
Just when you had your COVID-19 leave policies in place, Congress goes and passes new legislation: the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Remember, as we outlined in a previous blog post, the Families First Coronavirus Response...more
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”) into law. In addition to providing nearly $2 trillion of monetary relief for individuals and business sectors impacted by the...more
On March 19, 2021, California passed Senate Bill 95 (“SB 95”), which mandates that employers expand supplemental paid sick leave for covered employees’ COVID-19-related absences (hereinafter “Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick...more
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA, or the “Act”), which created certain additional benefits for employees about which employers should be aware. Extension of FFRCA...more
As part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021, employers with fewer than 500 employees may continue receiving tax credits for...more
Employer obligations to provide paid sick and family leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ended on December 31, 2020. On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act...more
Employers wading through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act may be wondering how it impacts paid leave and payroll tax credits made available under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), enacted back in...more
On March 29, 2021, California’s newest COVID-19-related legislation requires all employers with 25 or more employees to provide California employees up to 80 hours of COVID-19 paid sick leave. ...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 95 (SB 95) on March 19, 2021. SB 95 requires employers to provide employees with supplemental paid sick leave (CSPSL) for various absences related to COVID-19 and...more
President Biden signed The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) into law on March 11, 2021, adding new employee benefits relief and providing extensions of prior COVID-19 relief. In our prior Alert[1] we discussed ARPA’s...more
As we digest the tremendous changes in labor and workplace management in 2020, we must use those experiences to shape our future. How do we utilize those experiences to navigate the path forward? How will we transition back...more
On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) took effect. While most of the media attention was on the stimulus payments to individuals and the overall cost of the act, this legislation also extended the tax...more
The latest COVID-19 relief law, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), extends the payroll tax credit for emergency paid sick leave and expanded Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave first enacted by the Families First...more
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA, 2021) was signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021 to address the continuing economic impact on employers and employees the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has posed. The ARPA...more
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which extends tax credits for private employers with 499 or fewer U.S. employees that voluntarily decide to provide emergency paid...more