Image Credit: Photofunia.com “Eric, so, what exactly just happened?” I know it’s confusing. You’ve been inundated with blog posts, articles, and whatnot about a House bill called the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that the House changed a few times before sending it to the Senate. Then, the Senate almost…
EmmanuelCordoliani / CC BY-SA Over the weekend, we got news that federal emergency paid sick leave is coming, with significant changes to FMLA too. Yesterday, I broke it down in plain English for you. Today at noon Eastern, I’m going on Facebook Live (here) and, by reader request, Zoom (here,…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com What a week it was! I spent it providing coronavirus counseling out the wazoo, while reading more COVID-19 legal updates than I thought were possible, including me posting on Saturday. Saturday!?! But, ICYMI, just after midnight on Saturday, the House passed a revised version of the Families First…
Late last night, the House passed a revised version of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act with approval from President Trump. The FMLA changes are in “Division C,” starting on page 27. Emergency Paid Sick Leave is in “Division E,” starting on page 46. On Monday, I will post a…
Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image’s Commons talk page or my English Wikipedia talk page; I’ll know about it a lot faster) / Public domain We’re taking HUGE here. Yesterday, I detailed (here) the latest news on the push for paid…
U.S. Government/Gobierno de los Estados Unidos / Public domain Last week, we covered (here) what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants employers to know about COVID-19 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. This week, we have new guidance from OSHA and the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.…
pect losesis part Image Credit: Photofunia.com (https://photofunia.com/results/5e656316846d7826618b45a7) You read it here first. Or, maybe second, because Cristina Marcos at TheHill (here) had the scoop on Friday evening: Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation Friday that would require all employers to grant workers paid sick days in light of…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay We’re going to start with a brief fact pattern, and then I’ll pose the questions. Alright, let’s see whatcha got. FACTS: An employee injured his ribs while playing with his grandchildren. Over the next two weeks, the employee and his wife called his employer to…
Image Credit: PxFuel.com (License to use Creative Commons Zero – CC0) I’m a two tin can and string kinda guy. That way, not only can I can tell my kids — I have 50 of them — to cut the crap and clip my blogger toenails but also I can…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Yesterday, over at The Employer Handbook Facebook page — give us a like — I saw a comment, followed by a snarky meme, in response to yesterday’s Family and Medical Leave Act / Coronavirus post. One reader commented that an employee stranded on a ship…