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New CDC guidelines affect return to work plans

Business Management Daily

New Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines offer an updated definition of “close contact.” For employers, the “close contact” definition comes into play when tracing contacts in the workplace. The FFCRA guarantees emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) to all a covered employer’s employees. Close contact.

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Accommodating working parents during COVID-19

Business Management Daily

The FFCRA provides two types of paid leave to working parents, emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ). Up to certain limits, employers may use the amount distributed to employees for paid leave as a refundable tax credit.

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What New Leave, Stimulus Legislation Mean for HR and Employee Communications

Flimp Communications

New Expanded Leave Policies, Familiar Loopholes and Limits. The FFCRA carries the potential to transform the American sick-leave situation. Basically, it states that you get two weeks of paid sick leave if you are ill or quarantined or if you’re caring for a sick family member, and all at full pay.

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Top Employee Benefits & Compensation Ideas for a Diverse Workforce

Vantage Circle

Employee Benefits like unlimited vacation and work-from-home privileges are things of the past now. Paid Sick Leaves. When employees will be weak but still have to work, it will directly affect their productivity and efficiency. Remote Working. Benefits at work – office Olympics, library.

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Top Employee Benefits & Compensation Ideas for a Diverse Workforce

Vantage Circle

Employee Benefits like unlimited vacation and work from home privileges are things of the past now. Paid Sick Leaves. When employees will be weak but still have to work, it will directly affect their productivity and efficiency. Remote Working. Benefits at work – office Olympics, library.

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Working parent discrimination may be the newest legal headache for employers

Business Management Daily

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects employees from discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. In response to the pandemic, government officials urged employers to allow employees to work from home. Women report rising early to get work done before children wake.