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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Delivering the first major legislative victory for President Biden, Congress passed another COVID-19 relief package that, at a cost of $1.9 trillion, is almost as much as the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act enacted a year ago in March 2020. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will provide another round of stimulus checks to individuals and families, extend federal supplemental unemployment benefits, provide more funding for state and local governments...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On Wednesday, March 10, the House passed the Senate-approved version of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, on a 220-211 vote (title-by-title summary available here). No Republicans supported the bill, and one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), opposed the bill. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), who previously voted against the bill, voted to support the measure, which aims to accelerate activities to address the virus and provide additional economic support to individuals, state and...

These Mothers Wanted to Care for Their Kids and Keep Their Jobs. Now They're Suing After Being Fired Read full article Lauren Martinez and her family in Cape Coral, Fla. Lauren Martinez and her family in Cape Coral, Fla. Credit - Mary Beth Koeth for TIME W hen Lauren Martinez arrived home after work to find her teenage daughter feverish and vomiting, she knew her pandemic plans were about to fall apart. It was May 2020 and her day care had closed, so Martinez, an assistant office manager at a dentist’s office in Florida, had been rely­ing on the 14-year-old to care for her infant son betwe...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: With distribution of COVID-19 vaccines moving ahead full-steam, an end to the pandemic may be in sight in the coming months. However, what is collectively known as the “new normal” still comes with a minefield of unanswered questions, particularly for employers, and the vaccine issue is no different. Contending with the polarization of vaccine skepticism and the country’s desire to return to “normal” in the wake of a global pandemic, many are wondering: Can employers require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19? Gu...

More rental relief is on the way for Alaskans struggling to pay bills because of the COVID-19 pandemic.