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An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: Employer Escapes Liability in FFCRA COVID Litigation

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​​​​​​​America may be moving forward from the COVID-19 pandemic, but employers continue to deal with its aftermath as they face lawsuits alleging violations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). On July...more

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D.C. extends COVID-19 leave laws through November 5

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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

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Sonoma County, California Extends and Retroactively Expands Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

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On June 8, 2021, the Sonoma County, California Board of Supervisors enacted an urgency ordinance that extends and amends – in part retroactively to January 1, 2021 – its emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) ordinance....more

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Massachusetts Enacts Yet Another COVID-19 Paid Leave Obligation for Bay State Employers

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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation on May 28 creating another statewide mandate for employers to provide emergency paid leave related to COVID-19. The COVID-19 Paid Leave obligations outlined in this...more

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Retroactive Payments: California Enacts Expanded COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

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On March 29, 2021, a new law took effect in California requiring most employers to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees for a variety of COVID-19-related circumstances. The new law, approved by Governor Newsom on...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Coming Back (or Staying Gone) for More: ARPA Extends Tax Credits for Providing COVID-19 Leave

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

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

CA Extends, Expands COVID-Related Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

This is not a repeat blog post. It just seems like one. Last Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law SB 95 (codified as Labor Code Sections 248.2 and 248.3), which extends and expands California’s COVID-related...more

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Employer’s Choice: Extension of FFCRA Paid Leave

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Congress enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) in March 2020, requiring employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide employees with short-term paid sick leave for various reasons related to...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

SB 95: California Provides Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19

On March 19, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 95 providing a new form of COVID-19 related paid sick leave for many California workers. The law will become effective on March 29, 2021, and applies...more

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New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Scheme Is Imposed On Employers Operating In California

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Beginning Monday, March 29, 2021, employers must begin providing California employees a new form of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave. The new version reaches small and large employers alike and mandates that employers...more

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Statewide Supplemental Paid COVID-19 Sick Leave Resuscitated, Expanded, and Retroactive Back to January 1, 2021

On Thursday, March 18, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 95 (“SB 95”) which will provide statewide supplemental paid COVID-19 sick leave, retroactively to January 1, 2021. Governor Newsom signed SB 95 on Friday,...more

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COVID-19: California Extends COVID-19 Supplement Paid Sick Leave and Includes Vaccinations

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The California legislature has provided California employees with additional paid sick leave benefits to combat the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The California legislature passed SB 95 on Thursday, 19 March...more

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Additional Employee Benefits Relief in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

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

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: March 2021 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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The Latest COVID-19 Stimulus: Highlights of Key Tax Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

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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

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Keeping it Local to Extend COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Ordinances

California’s supplemental paid COVID-19 sick leave expired on December 31, 2020. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) also expired on December 31, 2020. Nevertheless, many local jurisdictions have extended...more

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Los Angeles County Has Extended its 2020 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Requirement, Retroactive to January 1, 2021

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While the State of California and the federal government both let their respective laws requiring COVID-19 paid sick leave expire at the end of 2020, Los Angeles County belatedly passed an ordinance that retroactively...more

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NY employers’ continuing COVID-19 leave obligations…for the foreseeable future

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As we previously discussed, employers with fewer than 500 employees will no longer be legally required to provide employees with leaves of absence under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). As of January 1,...more

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On-Demand Webinar | Navigating Leave and Disability Protection Laws During COVID-19: A Practical Guide for California Employers

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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

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[Webinar] Navigating Leave and Disability Protection Laws During COVID-19: A Practical Guide for California Employers - January...

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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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Temporary FFCRA Leave Requirements End in 2020 but Tax Credit Extended Through March 2021

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), passed on March 18, 2020, temporarily mandated paid sick time and paid family leave for COVID-19-related issues, including for school and place of care closures, for...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

New COVID-19 Stimulus Package Becomes Law: FFCRA Considerations for Employers

The new COVID-19 stimulus package is now law. As discussed below, it provides some employers an incentive to extend certain COVID-19 related leave benefits through Q1 2021. Optional FFCRA Tax Credits Extended Through...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Congress Extends FFCRA Tax Credit into 2021, Declines to Extend FFCRA Leave

The federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), which requires that employers with fewer than 500 employees provide sick and family leave benefits for certain COVID-19 related reasons, is due to sunset on...more

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Will Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Continue In 2021?

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Most of California is currently subject to the state’s Regional Stay at Home Order and COVID-19 cases surging around the state. Meanwhile, federal and state supplemental paid sick leave benefits available to employees in...more

The Rodman Law Group, LLC

Mandatory Covid-19 Employee Sick Leave in Colorado: Is Your Business Compliant?

Although we are all more than familiar with the Covid-19 pandemic, Colorado businesses may not be aware of new employee sick leave laws, presently in effect, relating to the pandemic. Pursuant to the Healthy Families and...more

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