Tuesday, March 31, 2020 – DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ISSUES GUIDANCE ON FFCRA PAID SICK LEAVE AND EMERGENCY FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
3/31/2020 | Articles & Alerts, Employment, Employment Law Blog, General, News & Resources
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) by updating a list of “Questions and Answers” about the FFCRA on the DOL.gov site. Below is a summary of some critical points in that guidance: EFFECTIVE DATE OF LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS: The DOL has stated that the first available date for leave is April 1, 2020. The Effective Date of the FFCRA is April 2, 2020, which was 15 days from the FFCRA’s passage […]
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT PASSED
3/30/2020 | Articles & Alerts, General, News & Resources
Congress passed and the President of the United States signed into law the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (the “Act”), the anticipated coronavirus relief bill. The Act has several main components: paid sick leave for affected workers; paid family leave for affected workers; increased unemployment compensation funding to states which loosen their eligibility rules for unemployment compensation benefits; free testing for those needing testing for the COVID-19 virus; expanded food aid; and tax credits to employers who provide qualified sick […]
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 – CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – NEW SICK LEAVE AND EMERGENCY FMLA POSTER
3/25/2020 | Articles & Alerts, Employment, Employment Law Blog, Events & Seminars, News & Resources
As we told you last week, the Department of Labor was required to design a poster for employers to post in a “public place” commonly visited by employees regarding the new paid sick leave and Emergency Family Leave benefits available under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. That poster is here, and the link to the poster is below. There is also a “Frequently Asked Questions” sheet related to the poster and where employers need to post – the link […]
COVID 19 Resources and Information
3/23/2020 | Articles & Alerts, General, Media, News & Resources
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html https://www.pa.gov/guides/responding-to-covid-19/ https://covid19.nj.gov/ ELDI is pleased to offer a replay of its May 7, 2020 training of COVID-19: Transitioning Employees Back Work
Kaplin Stewart has decided to close its physical offices in the hopes of containing the threats posed by COVID-19.
3/16/2020 | Articles & Alerts, General, Media, News & Resources
Kaplin Stewart has decided to close its physical offices in the hopes of containing the threats posed by COVID-19. We took this step not because anyone in our offices has contracted the virus but in an abundance of caution to protect you, our clients, as well as our employees. While our physical plant may be closed, we remain ready, willing and able to provide the same high quality legal services that we strive to provide every day. The vast majority […]
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