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Update and Discussion on Practical and Legal Issues - NYS Paid Sick Leave, NYC Employment Law Update, New Whistleblower Law, COVID19
COVID-19 Relief in 2021: What Small Businesses Need to Know
On-Demand Webinar | Navigating Leave and Disability Protection Laws During COVID-19: A Practical Guide for California Employers
#WorkforceWednesday: 2020 in Review and What's to Come in 2021
On-Demand Webinar | Legislative Updates for Employers to Plan for a Successful (and Compliant) 2021
Slamming the door on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021
Coronavirus in the Workplace - December 1, 2020
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Updates to Paid Leave Requirements Under FFCRA
#WorkforceWednesday: Sick Leave in New York, California Law Update, and Oregon’s Workplace Fairness Act Takes Effect
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As District of Columbia businesses and area schools continue to reopen, employers should keep in mind their continuing obligations under the District’s COVID-19 leave laws, which the mayor recently extended through November...more
Automotive companies faced unprecedented challenges in 2020. In the coming year, these challenges will continue as companies navigate the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, related leave/quarantine issues and new challenges...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
As we previously reported, Colorado’s latest paid sick leave law, the “Healthy Families and Workplaces Act” (“Act”), was signed by Governor Jared Polis on July 14, 2020, requiring employers in the state to provide paid sick...more
COVID-19 has led to significant employee absences from the workplace. While the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) may well apply to certain such absences, employers must avoid the temptation to count all...more
In January 2021, President Biden announced his administration’s proposed COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan (the Plan), which would revive the federal mandate for employers to provide paid sick and paid FMLA...more
On February 5, 2021, the 28th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) re-introduced the Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMILY) Act...more
The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act ("FFCRA") that mandated two weeks of paid sick leave for COVID-19 reasons – and extended the FMLA by protecting leave relating to the need for child care because of COVID-19 – expired...more
Although most everyone on planet Earth was jumping for joy as 2020 came to an end, many employers had another reason to celebrate. With the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “CAA”) on December 27,...more
As the weather warms amid the dawning of a new chapter in our country, national vaccine distribution is underway (albeit admittedly haphazard) and the light at the end of the tunnel shines brighter in 2021. As the virus...more
Each month, Nossaman's complimentary Employment BUZZ webinar series covers a different topic of interest to employers, including tax, insurance, intellectual property and employment issues. These "quick hit" 30-minute...more
The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance regarding optional extension of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) and electronic posting of required employment law notices as...more
On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published temporary regulations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) that are intended to clarify the scope and application of leaves under the FFCRA...more
Extension of Credit for Paid Leave Provided When There Is No State or Local Law Mandating Such Paid Leave The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) amended many provisions. It amended the employer credit under...more
As we explained in a recent post, as of January 1, 2021, COVID-19 leave is no longer mandated under the federal Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA), although covered employers who voluntarily provide paid leave...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFRCA”) ended by its terms on Dec. 31, 2020. Although many expected the FFCRA protections to be extended due to the continuing pandemic, only a portion of the FFCRA was extended...more
Employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA or the Act) should be aware that they are no longer required to provide paid leave to employees for the COVID-19 related reasons specified in the Act. In...more
Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a number of bills that will affect California employers in 2021. Most significantly, the new laws greatly expand the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), create stringent workplace...more
Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), employers were required to provide employees with job-protected FFCRA leave through the law’s effective period from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. With the...more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) established two limited federal mandates to protect employees of employers with fewer than 500 employees who needed to be absent from work for reasons related to the...more
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021. The Act, although it includes $900 billion in stimulus relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, does not extend the paid leave...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the Act) was signed into law on December 27, 2020. Among its many extenders, the Act provides employers the option to continue paid leave through March 31, 2021 and receive a tax...more
Earlier this month we reported that under the latest stimulus bill, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) mandatory leave requirements expire on December 31, 2020. However, the bill, which was signed into law on...more
Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are no longer required to provide employees with COVID-related paid leave, but they may do so in some situations and still...more
On December 21, 2020, Congress passed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill (“relief bill”) as part of a broader spending bill for fiscal year 2021. President Trump signed the relief bill on December 27, 2020. In...more