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On Friday, the Department of Labor ended its temporary non-enforcement of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. But, yesterday, it left employers with a little parting gift.
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New Jersey expands family leave protections during the COVID-19 outbreak
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You’d think that New Jersey would have one of the nation’s most generous family leave laws in the country. That’s how NJ touts it. Continue reading
Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too.
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Just wash your hands first and stay away from my cake.
Dibs on the cherry eyes!
Here’s what you missed on our Facebook Live Chat. Plus, the DOL issues even MORE FFCRA guidance!!!
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What better way could there be to practice social distancing than with a Facebook Live session where we discuss the Families First Coronavirus Response Act?
Join me on Facebook Live today at noon for another COVID-19 chat for HR and employment attorneys
Back by popular request, I’ll be hosting a Facebook Live session today at Noon eastern on The Employer Handbook Facebook page. Continue reading
DOUBLE FEATURE: CARES Act (PPP) and FFCRA videos that will explain everything*
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*The Employer Handbook neither guarantees nor represent that anything in today’s post explains ‘everything.’ Instead, in case you hadn’t figured it out already, the author of this blog loves clickbait and Flaming Hot Cheetos. Nonetheless, we think you’re in for a treat today.
New FFCRA guidance from the DOL: F/T v. P/T, “health care provider,” small business exemptions and more!
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We’re doing things a bit differently today. Continue reading
Four ways that the $2T Senate bill could impact the paid leave law that’s already stressing you out. Plus, an intermittent leave update!
It only took me two bottles of NoDoz and a Five Hour Energy chaser to get through the CARES Act, that 880-page behemoth that the Senate passed on Wednesday night. Continue reading
DOL issues a Families First Coronavirus Response Act notice. And employment law nerds, like me, spotlight an error.
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The President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on March 18, 2020. In Section 5103 of the FFCRA (right here in the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act section), it says that “[n]ot later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall make publicly available a model of a notice that meets the requirements of [the Act].”
Yesterday, on March 25, 2020, we got the notice.
DOL issues new COVID-19 guidance. Plus, six can’t-miss FREE webinars for HR. And another Friday chat with me.
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I can’t help but notice that many of you are confused about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. A few of you with whom I have communicated have been getting different answers to the same question from different employment lawyers. And I know how frustrating that can be.
Today, I want to help clear up some confusion for you.