On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, House speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a 1,815 page, $3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that would touch on almost every area of the economy and impose new obligations on employers. Some areas are,...more
5/14/2020
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Employee Benefits ,
Essential Workers ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Foreign Workers ,
Immigrants ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Multiemployer Plan ,
Pensions ,
Premium Pay ,
Retirement Plan ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA” or the “Act”) goes into effect tomorrow April 1, 2020. As covered employers prepare for the Act’s paid sick time (“PST”) and paid family medical leave...more
3/31/2020
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EFMLA ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EPSLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Inspections ,
New Legislation ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration
Senate Passes Historic $2 Trillion COVID-19 Legislation; House to Vote on the Same Tomorrow. As you are well aware, the Senate last night unanimously passed a $2 trillion financial relief package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,...more
3/27/2020
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EFMLA ,
EPSLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Inspections ,
New Legislation ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA” or the “Act”) continues to evolve as we march closer to the Act’s April 1, 2020 effective date. Most recently, the Senate passed H.R. 748, its...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As reported in Part II of our “Paid Leave and Coronavirus” series, the U. S. House of Representatives (the “House”) passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“HR 6201” or the “Bill”) in the early...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the country continues to adjust to new realities created by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, the U. S. House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response...more
3/17/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Public Health ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Coronavirus and Sick Day Legislation. Hard on the heels of the President’s address yesterday, and the WHO declaration that the Coronavirus is now an international pandemic, there is obviously too much to report that could be...more
All the President’s Budget. As you know, the Trump Administration’s FY2021 budget was submitted to the Congress last week. While effectively only a blueprint for future negotiations with Congress--particularly since it is the...more
2/21/2020
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Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
CW-1 ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Budget ,
H-1B ,
H-2A ,
H-2B ,
Immigration Reform ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
PERM ,
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Training ,
Trump Administration
Happy 2020! Welcome to the first edition of Policy Matters in this Presidential election year! Understandably, most of the Capitol’s attention has been focused on impeachment proceedings (or the lack thereof) and the conflict...more
1/20/2020
/ Back Wages ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Elder Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Labor Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Vulnerable Victims ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages
WHD Rulemakings Full Speed Ahead. This is a busy time for the Wage & Hour Division’s regulatory agenda. Early in the week, the White House approved its final rule updating the regular rate regulations. The updates are...more
12/6/2019
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Compensation & Benefits ,
Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Marijuana ,
OFCCP ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pay Gap ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rate of Pay ,
Recreational Use ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour