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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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OFCCP Week In Review: March 2021 #4

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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

Gould + Ratner LLP

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

Hogan Lovells

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

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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

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

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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

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The Impact of the $900 Billion Appropriations Act on Employers and Their Employees

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Last week, Congress passed a $900 billion Appropriations Act. In addition to providing much-needed funding for vaccine distribution, direct payments to the vast majority of Americans, and a renewal of the popular Paycheck...more

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

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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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US DOL Provides Much Needed Guidance Regarding Paid Leave Under The Response Act

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Pursuant to the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the "Response Act"), effective April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, all employers with under 500 employees must provide eligible employees within the U.S....more

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