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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., Specifically, he commented that many states’ paid sick leave laws were enacted long before covid-19 became a household word and those laws still apply.

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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. Federally mandated paid sick leave. And note that this paid sick leave can be applied to the 10-day elimination period for emergency FMLA leave.

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

AssuredPartners

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Why Arizona Employers Need to Pay Attention to Paid Family Medical Leave

Griffin Benefits

Since March 2020, when COVID-19 became a household name and remote workers became the standard rather than the exception, the shadow of PFML has loomed over Arizona. This is precisely how Arizona enacted a mandatory paid sick leave program within the state. FACTORS DRIVING THE LIKELIHOOD OF PFML WITHIN ARIZONA.

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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.