Who Needs to Know
All employers covered by the FFCRA, employers attempting to recall or hire employees currently receiving unemployment benefits and possibly eligible for extended benefits, and employers who may conduct future furloughs, layoffs, or job eliminations.
Why It Matters
The $900 billion stimulus was passed on the eve of the expiration of several key CARES Act benefits and will have an immediate impact on employers and workers as the calendar turns to 2021.
Late on December 27 and nearly a week after being passed by Congress, President Trump finally signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the Act) into law. In addition to funding the federal government through the end of September 2021, the Act also allocates $900 billion to COVID-19 relief. Employers will find at least two provisions of the Act particularly interesting: an extension of federal unemployment insurance benefits assistance and tax credits for COVID-19-related leave (but no corresponding mandat
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Late in the day on December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which contains the latest in coronavirus relief measures. The massive 5,593-page legislation covers a wide variety of topics. This alert provides a high-level overview of two of the new law s provisions that will directly impact employers and individual employees: extension of tax credits for FFCRA-type leave, and expanded unemployment benefits.
Families First Coronavirus Response Act Tax Credits Extended, while Mandate Ends
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) generally requires private employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide 80 hours of Emergency Paid Sick Leave and 10 weeks of paid Emergency Family and Medical Leave, as covered in Stinson s March 19, 2020 alert. The new Appropriations Act does not extend the
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