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COVID Paid Sick Leave May Be Coming Back

InterWest Insurance Services

Gavin Newsom has promised to sign, would require employers with 26 or more workers to provide up to 40 hours of supplemental paid sick leave for employees who are unable to work on site or remotely for one of a number of reasons. 1 would qualify for paid leave. The legislation is retroactive to Jan.

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Who Qualifies for Paid Leave Under the New Coronavirus Law?

Best Money Moves

Who qualifies for paid leave under the new coronavirus law? How to determine employee eligibility for paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The emergency paid leave program established by the FFCRA helps employees who don’t have paid leave benefits through their employer.

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Emergency pandemic law provides paid leave

Business Management Daily

Employees affected by the coronavirus pandemic will be eligible for paid sick leave and many will be able to take paid FMLA leave under legislation signed into law March 18. Employers with 50 or fewer employees would not have to provide emergency sick leave or paid FMLA leave if they apply for an exemption.

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The future of FMLA points to paid leave

Business Management Daily

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to keep sick workers out of the workplace. In passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Congress authorized limited paid leave for the rest of 2020. In all likelihood, some form of paid FMLA leave will survive the pandemic. FMLA basics.

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New FAQs from the DOL shed more light on paid leave

Business Management Daily

And, according to the DOL’s FAQs , the circumstances under which employees qualify for emergency paid sick leave or paid FMLA leave are more limited than meets the eye. Leave doesn’t apply if you: Close (before or after April 1) because business has dried up. Remain open but reduce employees’ hours.

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New Federal Law Mandates Paid Sick Leave & Enhanced Unemployment for Workers Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

AssuredPartners

After the tenth (10"},{"attributes":{"script":"super"},"insert":"th"},{"insert":") day, the employer must provide paid leave in an amount that is not less than two-thirds of an employee’s regular rate of pay, for the number of hours the employee would otherwise regularly be scheduled.

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Employment law changes to watch in 2021

Insperity

All employers must provide two weeks (up to 80 hours) of emergency paid sick leave for all employees who need time off to quarantine, who are sick with COVID-19 or who are caring for a sick child or one who’s out of school due to the pandemic. Colorado employers with 16 or more workers must offer paid sick leave.