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Paid parental leave options: Understanding your rights

Business Management Daily

Instead, employees often have to take unpaid leave to care for their new child. However, some states have different laws or programs offering eligible employees paid leave. In addition, many civilian federal employees are eligible for paid federal leave under the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act.

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What is Volunteer Time Off (VTO) and How to Use it?

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However, most organizations apply paid time off and ignore volunteer time off. VTO vs PTO. Paid time off (PTO) is a paid leave where the employee’s activity is not restricted. Therefore, you should formalize the time tracking process just like in PTO. Is there any authority/rule governing the policy?

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Avoid the Hype: Unlimited Paid Time Off

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The Prevalence of Unlimited PTO Plans The 2015 SHRM Benefits Study, an annual report examining the nitty gritty details of benefit plans, pointed out that between >1% and 2% of employers are offering unlimited paid leave plans. Often times they have generous leave policies already. So what gives? Many, many hours.

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Regular rate calculation gets a makeover

Business Management Daily

Caution: Stricter state laws governing the payments that are included and excluded from the regular rate calculation continue to apply. Cash payments for unused paid leave, including paid sick leave. The regs also clarify that payments for all forms of unused leave (e.g., State and local scheduling laws.

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

Insperity

Other employees are unable to work because: They’ve been exposed to, show symptoms of, or test positive for COVID-19 and are thus under a quarantine or isolation order from local/state/federal government – or have been advised to quarantine or self-isolate from a health-care provider. Expansion of unemployment benefits.

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Ask the Attorney: Shredding I-9s, employee leave pay and more

Business Management Daily

One of our most trusted advisors on all things employment law, Nancy Delogu, answers readers questions about when (and if) it’s safe to shred I-9 forms, salaried versus hourly paid leave and discussing medial information of a non-employee. Government systematically purges e-Verify records more than 10 years old.

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Paid parental leave: The must-have employee benefit for top talent

Business Management Daily

The FMLA is a federal law that offers eligible employees up to 12 weeks per year of job-protected unpaid leave for qualifying family and medical needs. Employees often offer paid leave policies to help supplement the FMLA. It’s not financially feasible for many American families to take 12 weeks of fully unpaid leave.