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Benchmarking Employee Benefits: How Do You Compare?

Stratus.HR

Beyond adding more available time to PTO bank accounts, these revisions also include separating out PTO as two distinct categories of vacation time and sick days. While this feels like a reversal from the previous decade’s trend, many companies have learned that employees need designated sick leave to recover from an illness.

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How to choose the best FMLA calendar year for your business

Business Management Daily

Beyond that, there’s the confusion over last year’s pandemic paid leave laws and the most recent extension. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) may mean a new pot of paid leave for some, not all, workers. Sorting out calendaring for Families First Coronavirus Response Act leave.

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3 recent FMLA lawsuits that employers need to be familiar with

Business Management Daily

Paid time off and Emergency FMLA leave. Mandated federal paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) ended December 31, 2020. The FFCRA required employers to provide paid time off for many COVID-19-related reasons. This applies to the 10 days of Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL).