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Paid Leave
DOL Revises Regulations for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Effective September 16, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the release of revised regulations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The revised regulations came after a New York court decision invalidated several parts of the FFCRA’s rules. The new, updated regulations did not change too much for non-healthcare em...
New DOL Guidance for Paid Leave for School Closures
With schools starting to open in Florida, employers are revisiting the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), which provides two weeks of paid sick leave related to COVID-19 and up to twelve weeks of paid leave under the expanded Family and Medical Leave Act (“EFMLA”). School districts are offering a mixture of online/virtual ...
Department of Labor’s New Paid Sick Leave and Expanded FMLA Poster (English and Spanish)
On March 25, the Department of Labor released the NEW FFCRA Employee Rights Poster for paid sick leave and expanded Family and Medical Leave. Click to download FFCRA poster (English). On Friday, the Spanish version of the FFCRA poster (spanish) was made available. Employers with fewer than 500 employees are required to post a notice......
Wage and Hour Division Publishes New Guidance on Paid Leave and Expanded FMLA
On March 24, the Department of Labor (Wage and Hour Division – COVID Response) issued some new information for employers and employees about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). As provided under the legislation, the U.S. Department of Labor will be issuing implementing actual regulations (planned for early April). Additio...
Treasury, IRS and Labor announce plan to implement Coronavirus-related paid leave
On Friday (March 20), the U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the U.S. Department of Labor (Labor) announced that small and midsize employers can begin taking advantage of two new refundable payroll tax credits, designed to immediately and fully reimburse them, dollar-for-dollar, for the cost of providing Coronavirus-rel...
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