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Year-In-Review: ERIC Defeats Redundant New Jersey Emergency Paid Sick Leave Proposal

ERIC

ERIC fought back against SB 3827 , convincing state lawmakers that the paid leave measure proposed by the bill was costly, duplicative, and unnecessary. The post Year-In-Review: ERIC Defeats Redundant New Jersey Emergency Paid Sick Leave Proposal appeared first on The ERISA Industry Committee.

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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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Employee Benefits: A Key Part of Job Compensation

Money Talk

Often, the number of paid vacation days is based on years of service and increases with seniority. Vacation pay is part of a worker’s income and is fully taxable on federal and state income tax returns. Paid Sick Leave- With this benefit, workers are paid but allowed to stay home when they, or sometimes a family member, are sick.

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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. However, employee entitlements to paid leave were not.

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Flu IQ: Know who—and how—to pay during the upcoming flu season

Business Management Daily

FFCRA paid sick leave for the flu? The only paid sick leave required by federal law is limited to employees who are sick for a covid-19-related reason. Under the FFCRA, full-time employees are entitled to 80 hours of paid sick leave. Flu rules for nonexempts.

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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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February HR News Worth Review

Higginbotham

California Passes Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave. California has passed a new supplemental paid sick leave law requiring employers with more than 25 employees to provide up to 40 hours of paid leave for specific COVID-19-related reasons, and 40 additional hours if they or a family member test positive for COVID-19.