The FFCRA is now voluntary, not mandatory

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was enacted for the period April 1 - December 31, 2020, meaning we all expected it to sunset on December 31st. However, on December 27...

On Dec. 16, 2020, the United Stated Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released much-anticipated guidance regarding employers’ ability to enact mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies.

The new guidance addresses many question...

Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic and work-from-home mandates, New York employers and their nonresident employees have been waiting for the Department of Taxation and Finance to address the million-dollar question: Do wages earned by a nonresid...

FAQs About Organizing Personnel Files

1. What guidelines should we follow when setting up and organizing personnel files?

"Personnel records" are records kept by an employer about a...

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Effective April 2, employers that may never have had to worry about the FMLA because they don't have enough employees (50) will have to become family-leave experts in a hurry. And all employers will have to figure out how to manage a new ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the third and largest coronavirus relief package on March 27th to help struggling businesses and displaced workers during the pandemic. The Senate had previously appr...

Adding a "candor clause" to her contracts was one way Soona co-founder Elizabeth Giorgi reacted to a potential investor who sent naked selfies to her after their meeting. "I would say that half of [the more than 100 female founders I'...