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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): What you need to know

Insperity

The FFCRA: Provides federally mandated emergency paid sick leave Expands the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and provides emergency provisions for coverage and eligibility Expands unemployment insurance benefits Provides employer tax credits to qualifying employers for certain costs related to the implementation of this law.

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Employee Benefits Guide for 2023: What Employers Need To Know

Vantage Circle

Welcome to “Employee Benefits Guide for 2023: What Employers Need to Know.” In the dynamic arena of modern employment, employee benefits aren’t just perks; they are essential components of a thriving organization. In this case, their deferred money goes into a 401(k) plan sponsored by their employer.

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Update: What you need to know about pandemic leave policies in 2021

Business Management Daily

The FFCRA – the first comprehensive federal paid leave law – set the floor for COVID-19 leave. Its sunset doesn’t mean, however, that employers are off the hook. Instead, they have to deal with a patchwork of leave laws – some specific to COVID and some not. However, employee entitlements to paid leave were not.

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The deep dive on OSHA’s COVID vaccine mandate

Business Management Daily

You must also provide a reasonable amount of paid sick leave to employees, including to employees who don’t ordinarily qualify for paid sick leave, who need to recover from their shots. If you provide employees with sick time and vacation time, they can only be required to use their sick time.

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How to Surprise Employees on Christmas & New Year?

Empuls

The employer should mull over this point and make it a part of the company culture. This festive season is a perfect time for employers to cheer up their employees and reward them. Unexpected new year bonus A large number of employers provide year-end bonuses to their employees. Appreciation should be shown as and when deserved.

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Pandemic lawsuits: All the new ways you can get sued

Business Management Daily

It was sort of inevitable: Employees who are returning to work are suing their employers for a variety of perceived missteps. While the Department of Labor has been going after employers that have refused to provide paid leave to eligible employees, private pandemic lawsuits are just beginning. Smithfield Foods, Inc. (WD

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DOL Moves Forward with FFCRA Revisions Due to New York Court’s Ruling

AssuredPartners

Department of Labor (DOL) has indeed decided to move forward with issuing revised regulations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) after a New York federal district court struck down several of the previous provisions of the DOL’s final rule governing emergency family leave and paid sick leave last month.