On the night before Christmas Eve, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) issued a surprise opinion that Colorado employers are required to provide still more paid sick.
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(NEWTON) The Jasper County Board held its regular monthly meeting last night in Newton. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as presented : on an 11 to 1 vote, authorized ADG/Connor and Connor Engineers to proceed with the formal solicitation of bids to construct the county’s Law Enforcement Center. : agreed to place a “material tax” referendum on the April 6, 2021 election ballot with funds needed to help maintain Jasper County roads : agreed to extend the county’s Emergency Paid Sick Leave plan for county employees : approved the appointments of Mary Finley, Dr. Ryan Jennings, and Dr. Jillian Scherer to three year terms on the county’s Board of Health : noted work is continuing on the surveillance security system at the Courthouse : approved the annual donation to Jasper County Economic Development Inc. : approved the County Engineer’s salary : and reviewed various report
Update: What you need to know about pandemic leave policies in 2021
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Pandemic leave policies are a hot topic in 2021 after many of the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act’s (FFCRA) federal mandatory provisions expired at the end of 2020. The FFCRA – the first comprehensive federal paid leave law – set the floor for COVID-19 leave. Its sunset doesn’t mean, however, that employers are off the hook. Instead, they have to deal with a patchwork of leave laws – some specific to COVID and some not.
Some state and municipal leave acts still require employers to offer paid COVID-related leave in 2021. And some of your employees are still going to need time off for COVID-related reasons. Many employees are still working remotely. Others are on altered schedules. Working parents still confront childcare challenges, and vaccines are rolling out more slowly than predicted.
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Extension of Credit for Paid Leave Provided When There Is No State or Local Law Mandating Such Paid Leave
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) amended many provisions. It amended the employer credit under code section 45S(i), which provides a credit to an employer for providing paid family and medical leave to employees who are not eligible for the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. The credit ranges between 12.5% and 25% of the amount paid towards a paid leave. This is a tax credit added by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), and it does not count paid leave that was mandated by any state or federal government. It does not apply to an employer who is subject to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. It applies to employees who have been employed for one year or longer, and who in the preceding year had not had compensation greater than 60% of the highly compensated employee compensation limit for
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After much heated negotiation in passing Stimulus 2.0, Congress reached a compromise on employee COVID-19 leave, allowing the leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to expire on December 31, 2020, but continuing tax credits through March 31, 2021 for employers who choose to voluntarily provide paid leave after that date. Now that employers with fewer than 500 employees are no longer
obligated to provide FFRCA leave, many are left wondering whether they
should continue to provide leave for their employees who are impacted by COVID-19. This article aims to provide an overview of the state of the law and provide employers with the pros and cons of continuing to provide FFCRA leave to make the best decision for their workplace.