A company with less than 50 employees may request a hardship exemption from providing sick leave and emergency-FMLA under the Families First Act (FFCRA). The Department of Labor has issued temporary regulations concerning a hardship exemption as follows: A small...
Our HIPAA Compliance partner TOTALHIPAA created this compliance checklist for employers with remote employees due to the COVID-19 Stay at Home requirements. There is great information to protect your company and confidential information. How do companies who do not...
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), authorizing $2 trillion in emergency spending to support the economy. The CARES Act provides forgivable SBA loans for small businesses that maintain...
On March 18, 2020, the Senate approved House of Representatives Bill 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“the Act”). The Act provides for additional paid leave, extends job-protected leave, establishes free COVID-19 testing, protects public health...
As of today, March 3, 2020 there have been 89,879 reported cases of the Coronavirus and less than 3% fatalities. In the United States there have only been 91 cases resulting in two deaths out of 330 million Americans, however, everyone is talking about the Coronavirus...
Sherry Shavit, Esq. Tharpe & Howell FMLA, CFRA, ADA, FEHA, PDL, PSL, WC and more… the alphabet soup of complying with federal and state leave of absence laws can be daunting and is one of the easiest – and most common – traps for California employers to fall...
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