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The Employer Handbook BlogThe most-read The Employer Handbook blog posts of 2020
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For most, 2020 was a big dumpster fire.
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Articles Posted in Paid Time Off
Brand new DOL guidance and the rest of what’s on tap for today’s “Zoom Office Hour” at Noon EST
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Last night, President Trump signed the COVID-19 stimulus package into law after all.
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I love my blog readers, but clients get the concierge treatment with daily blog posts and weekly email updates. Last night’s client email update included the news that President Trump had just signed the legislation about which I blogged here and here last week.
Actually, the FFCRA may sunset for ALL employees on December 31, 2020 after all😳😲😱
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Remember yesterday, when I told you that the House had passed a bipartisan bill that would allow businesses to voluntarily provide Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave in Q1 of 2021? And then the Senate approved the same measure by a 92-8 vote.
And all that was left was for President Trump to sign this monster 5,593-page bill into law.
Except, here’s the thing. Continue reading
Congress won’t make employers provide FFCRA leave in 2021. But, you can if you want (and get tax credits).
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.
Perhaps, you’ve heard of it. Continue reading
Man pleads guilty to federal wire fraud charges after lying to his employer about having COVID-19
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Back in the Spring, I blogged here about an Atlanta man charged with wire fraud for misrepresenting to his employer that he had tested positive for COVID-19. Continue reading
Heads up! Check to see if your state and local quarantine rules have changed recently.
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Last week, I wrote here about how the CDC had changed its guidance on COVID-19 close contact. As a result, lots of state and local guidance became misaligned with the federal change.
But now they’re catching up. Continue reading
Just when you thought you had it all figured out, the CDC updated its ‘close contact’ guidance (again!)
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You and me, we’re a lot alike. Continue reading
Vlog and Blog COMBO! COVID-19 and Thanksgiving. Plus, a new telecommuting mandate in PA
Amy and Eric are talking COVID-19 and Thanksgiving on YouTube. Only in 2020…
I had intended to keep the typing to a minimum today by sending you over to The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel, where I posted this video in which my colleague, Amy Epstein Gluck, and I tried to answer the question: “How should businesses handle employee travel for Thanksgiving?”
Then Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf went and signed this new Executive Order yesterday that significantly changes how local employers will do business for the foreseeable future. Continue reading
Can you get paid sick leave if your child’s school makes your child quarantine at home for two weeks?
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Let’s say that your child attends school either on a hybrid or full-time schedule. Your child comes into close contact with another person with COVID-19. The school instructs you to quarantine your child at home for 14 days while the class continues.
Are you eligible for leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)? Let’s find out.