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Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) is law in Massachusetts. What will be the impact on business?

Genesis HR Solutions

have adopted paid leave statutes. When Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the Paid Family & Medical Leave Act (PFML) in June, the Bay State became the sixth. What does this mean for business owners and their employers? Care for a seriously ill or injured family member. percent of wages.

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What You Need to Know about the CT PFMLA

Health Consultants Group

The Connecticut legislature passed the Connecticut Paid Family Medical Leave Act on June 25, 2019. When the PFMLA is fully implemented, it will pay income replacement benefits to your employees when they take time off work to care for themselves or family members. Connecticut Family Violence Leave Act.

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New COVID relief package extends payroll provisions

Business Management Daily

The new COVID relief package included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. The key payroll provisions include: An extension of the paid sick/ family leave provisions and your tax credit for providing leave. Relief for employers that deferred the deposit of employees’ Social Security taxes.

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Maternity leave in Massachusetts: A fact sheet for employers

Genesis HR Solutions

Maternity leave is a hot topic in the United States. As many families juggle full-time work with raising families, tensions over the lack of required maternity leave in the workplace continue to grow. The United States is the only developed country that doesn’t require paid parental leave. Click To Tweet.

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What is GINA? The federal discrimination law you need to know.

Business Management Daily

GINA, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, outlaws genetic discrimination. The federal law has been around for a decade, yet many employers still don’t know exactly how to comply. GINA essentially bars using genetic information in employment decisions and bars acquiring genetic information improperly.

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How To Avoid Damages Involving Pregnancy Discrimination

Abel HR

In fact, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) logged a whopping 2,753 pregnancy discrimination charges in 2019, which represents the lowest rate in almost a decade and is down almost a third from the 4,029 filed in 2010. For many women, pregnancy is a joyous time (minus the morning sickness and back pain!),

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

There could, of course, be only one answer to these inquiries, that the influenza, though a great misfortune, could not by any stretch of imagination be considered as an accident arising out of employment. Source: 1918 Annual report ibid., These include the “Hong Kong flu” of 1968, various strains of “Avian flu” and “Swine flu”.