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Back-To-School During COVID-19 & Paid Leave with FFCRA

Fringe Benefit Analysts

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economics Security (CARES) act was signed into law. Part of the CARES act deals with Paid Leave for employees. Need to know more about Paid Leave and how it applies? Need to know more about Paid Leave and how it applies? Be Flexible!

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Benchmarking Employee Benefits: How Do You Compare?

Stratus.HR

Benchmarking Employee Benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO). Nearly all employers that participated in this survey (99%) indicated they offer PTO in some capacity. Of course, few would have survived 2020 without it. With the pandemic nearly in hindsight, many employers are now evaluating changes to their PTO programs.

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IRS’ tips from the top at 2020 APA Virtual Congress

Business Management Daily

At Tuesday’s first workshop, Payroll Changes for 2020 and Beyond , Andrew Garboden, CPP, Director of Payroll Training at the American Payroll Association and Curtis Tatum, Esq., Upshot: Even if you’re off the hook to provide paid leave under federal law, you may still be required to provide it under state law.

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DOL FFCRA - April 1 Effective Date for FFCRA Leave Due to COVID-19

AssuredPartners

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Paternity leave in Massachusetts: What employers need to know

Genesis HR Solutions

Two weeks leave means employees don’t have to dip into vacation time—but it’s not so long that employers are left without a key employee for too long. Need to create PTO policies but don’t know where to start? Learn best practices for structuring your PTO—plus get a free template to help you create your own policies in this free guide.

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Regular rate calculation gets a makeover

Business Management Daily

Nonexempt employees who work longer than 40 hours in a week must be paid overtime at 1.5 15, 2020, allow you to offer more perks to nonexempt employees without having to include those perks in their regular rate calculation when you’re figuring their overtime rate. Cash payments for unused paid leave, including paid sick leave.

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): What you need to know

Insperity

which was passed by Congress and signed by the President on March 18, 2020 – went into effect on April 1, 2020, and sunsets on December 31, 2020. Employees can use their accrued time off, including paid sick leave, vacation or other paid time off (PTO) to cover some or all this time.