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Law and the Workplace
Congress Extends FFCRA Tax Credit into 2021, Declines to Extend FFCRA Leave
By Abigail Rosenblum, Alex Downie, Evandro Gigante, Harris Mufson
The federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), which requires that employers with fewer than 500 employees provide sick and family leave benefits for certain COVID-19 related reasons, is due…
Larkin Hoffman Employment & Labor Law Blog
The Future of the FFCRA
After much hand wringing, negotiation and name-calling, Congress has passed its second COVID-19 stimulus package, which was signed by President Trump on Sunday, December 27, 2020. For months, clients have…
Labor & Employment Insights
Good Riddance, 2020! Don’t Let the Door Hit Ya’ On the Way Out…
By J. William Manuel, Anne R. Yuengert
It was a mess of times. It was the masked of times. We all probably agree that 2020 presented unexpected and unwanted challenges to employers. It certainly made all of us address unprecedented…
Taking Care of HR Business
FFCRA Leave Extended In New COVID-19 Relief
By Elizabeth T. Johnston, Tawny L. Alvarez
Congress’s 5593-page Consolidated Appropriations Act, passed by the Senate on December 21, 2020, and signed by the President last night (December 27, 2020), includes an extension of employer tax credits…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
DOL Issues Revised FFCRA Regulations: Three Takeaways for Employers
By Anne Hall
On September 11, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations, scheduled to go into effect on September 16, 2020, regarding the Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family…
Louisiana Law Blog
Congress Provides More Time To Use FFCRA Paid Leave (at the Employer’s Option)
By Brian Carnie
On Monday, December 21, 2020, Congress passed another stimulus package to provide certain coronavirus relief for individuals and businesses, among other things. One looming question was whether Congress would extend…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Coronavirus Update 12-22-2020: Congress approves an FFCRA extension (sort of)
Late yesterday, Congress approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, better known as its $900 billion COVID-19 rescue stimulus. President Trump is expected to sign it into law. Buried within the…
Labor & Employment Report
Employers May Voluntarily Extend FFCRA Paid Leave Benefits and Receive a Tax Credit – Through March 31, 2021
By Fiona W. Ong
The paid sick leave and family leave mandates under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) end on December 31, 2020; however, the stimulus bill passed by Congress on December 22,…
FMLA Insights
BREAKING: Congress Declines to Extend FFCRA Leave, Offers Tax Credits to Those Voluntarily Providing Paid Leave
By Jeff Nowak
Remember my post yesterday suggesting that FFCRA would be extended to 2021? Well, that was a false start. Throw the five-yard flag on me. Late last night, as I read…
FMLA Insights
Emergency Paid Leave under FFCRA Reportedly Extended into 2021
By Jeff Nowak
Yesterday, Congressional leaders agreed on a $900 billion stimulus package that would provide modest stimulus funding to Americans and employers to help them overcome the hardship created by the COVID-19…