Did you know . . . On March 10, Congress approved the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (signed into law by President Biden on March 11). The Act contains several items of interest for employers, including: An extension of the tax credits for voluntarily providing...
Did you know . . . The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which requires emergency paid sick leave and expanded FMLA leave for employees’ COVID-related absences, is set to expire on December 31, 2020. This means that covered employers will no longer be...
Vogel Law Firm Employment and Labor Law group chair Lisa Edison-Smith recently answered employer questions and outlined the basic provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. In her FFCRA Presentation: Part 1, Lisa outlined important FFCRA leave points...
On April 1, 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) went into effect, and later the same day, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued the regulations that employers had been waiting for (published in the Federal Register on April 6, 2020). These...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued highly awaited interim regulations for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) today, April 1. The regulations provide much needed guidance on the notice employees must provide to their employers of the need to...
Notice 2020-21, recently released by the IRS, provides that tax credits for qualified sick leave wages and extended family leave wages required to be paid by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Act”) will apply to wages paid for the period beginning on April...
Over the weekend, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its third installment of FAQs regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The FAQs now provide answers to fifty-nine questions related to the FFCRA’s paid sick leave and expanded family and...
The IRS recently released IR-2020-57, which provides additional insights in regards to how Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) tax credits will be made available to employers. Generally, employers are required to withhold from their employees’...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) is now effective April 1 instead of April 2, as previously assumed. The U.S. Department of Labor issued new guidance for employers, employees, and FAQs on Tuesday. Continue to monitor our Facebook page and website as...
On March 19, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). Among other things, this law created new paid leave requirements: (1) Emergency Paid Sick Leave and (2) Public Health Emergency Leave. Below you will find...
