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The future of FMLA points to paid leave

Business Management Daily

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to keep sick workers out of the workplace. In passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Congress authorized limited paid leave for the rest of 2020. In all likelihood, some form of paid FMLA leave will survive the pandemic. FMLA basics.

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DOL cites businesses illegally denying FFCRA leave

Business Management Daily

As a reminder: The FFCRA requires employers of fewer than 500 to provide: Up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for employees sick or quarantining due to COVID-19. DOL cites employers for failing to follow the paid leave provisions of the FFCRA.

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New CDC guidelines affect return to work plans

Business Management Daily

The change may seem minor, but it will have a large impact on employer’s reopening plans. Employers should incorporate this latest guidance into their reopening plans. For employers, the “close contact” definition comes into play when tracing contacts in the workplace. All employers with fewer than 500 employees are covered.

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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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Benchmarking Employee Benefits: How Do You Compare?

Stratus.HR

A 2021 survey of 150 employers from various industries sheds light on what employers are currently offering for employee benefits, specifically with respect to challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Benchmarking Employee Benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO). Using this as a benchmark, how does your company compare?

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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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Helping Employees During Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic

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Healthcare workers, delivery drivers and grocery store shelf stockers are being overworked while waiters, bartenders, musicians and those in the hospitality industry are dealing with shutdowns, layoffs, and unemployment. All of them are looking to their employers for help to get through this uncertain time. . Paid Leave.