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One of a Kind: Maine’s Paid Sick Leave Law

Patriot Software

With paid sick leave programs on the rise, more and more states are establishing new laws for employers. The Maine paid sick leave law boasts something that no other state can: paid leave for any reason. One state that has taken its law to the next level is Maine.

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COVID Paid Leave Over? Not So Fast—If You’re in California 

Patriot Software

Nationwide COVID paid leave may have ended in September 2021, but Californians have another state-specific law to follow. Effective February 19, 2022, employers may need to provide California supplemental paid sick leave. So, do you have to provide CA supplemental sick pay?

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Ready or Not, the New Maine Paid Sick Leave Law Is Coming!

Patriot Software

With paid sick leave programs on the rise, more and more states are establishing new laws for employers. Maine’s paid sick leave law boasts something that no other state can: paid leave for any reason. The post Ready or Not, the New Maine Paid Sick Leave Law Is Coming!

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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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New FAQs from the DOL shed more light on paid leave

Business Management Daily

And, according to the DOL’s FAQs , the circumstances under which employees qualify for emergency paid sick leave or paid FMLA leave are more limited than meets the eye. Leave doesn’t apply if you: Close (before or after April 1) because business has dried up.

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New poll reveals the benefits and perks that employees value most

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Paid sick leave tops the list of benefits and incentives that matter most to British employees , according to new research by HR and payroll software provider CIPHR. Next on the list, in seventh place, is extra holiday allowance, which, interestingly, was preferred by more people than unlimited paid leave (32% vs 18%).

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

Business Management Daily

Pandemic leave policies are a hot topic in 2021 after many of the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act’s (FFCRA) federal mandatory provisions expired at the end of 2020. The FFCRA – the first comprehensive federal paid leave law – set the floor for COVID-19 leave. Current federal law on pandemic leave.