As employers head into 2021, it is important to keep track of the lessons we learned in 2020 and make certain we are prepared for the additional challenges and questions employers will face as the pandemic continues into 2021. To help employers begin to prepare for...
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What Employers Need to Know and Do as Workplaces Reopen As some States are contemplating measures to ease the stay at home restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, employers need to prepare for reopening their businesses and/or moving their remote...
Considering Paycheck Protection Loans Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”)
As discussed in our previous Legal Alert, the CARES Act (referred to below as the “Act”), as passed on March 27, 2020, expands the scope of the Small Business Act to provide Paycheck Protection Loans that may be extended to qualifying businesses of up to 500 employees...
Department of Labor FAQs on the Application of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
The Department of Labor has published FAQs on the application of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. According to the DOL, the Act will apply to leave taken between April 1, 2020 and December 31,2020. Please note this is a change from our original...
Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The U.S. Department of Labor released an employer...
Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Its Impact on Employers
On March 18, 2020, the President signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act), a bipartisan aid package. The law expands Medicaid and unemployment benefits (based on State’s compliance with certain new requirements), orders free coronavirus...
COVID 19 – WHAT CAN EMPLOYERS ASK AND DO?
Balancing the need to protect employees and continue to manage necessary business interests can be challenging. Add on top of that the need to navigate the myriad of employment laws with current health concerns, and employers are faced with a difficult and evolving...