Yesterday, I asked, “Will your business mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees?” Fortunately, no one went as far into the deep end as the gentleman whom Chris Cuomo interviewed on CNN 🤯. Otherwise, the poll results were about as I expected. Here they are: 6.7% – We already do 14% –…
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Shout out to the White House for providing plenty of blog fodder this week. On Tuesday, I told you about President Biden’s plan to unionize, like, everyone. Yesterday, the White House ordered that federal contractors…
Image by Shafin Al Asad Protic from Pixabay Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission confirmed that new COVID-19 vaccination incentive guidance would arrive soon. While we wait patiently for its arrival, yesterday, President Biden reminded employers with fewer than 500 employees that there’s already a paid leave tax…
Pandemic Paid Sick Leave Notice to Employees Poster English It’s the city of cheesesteaks, brotherly love, and, as of March 29, 2021, paid leave for companies with 50 or more employees. Those businesses must provide up to 80 hours of paid sick leave to certain employees for specific COVID-19 reasons,…
Micthev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons If you haven’t done so already, click here to register to join David Miklas and me on Zoom at Noon ET. Here’s what we’re covering: The Emergency Paid Leave provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act On top of a general overview to…
Child Thinking by Gan Khoon Lay from the Noun Project The Centers for Control and Disease Prevention (CDC) just released a new seven-page resource to get you started. Here the four things in the new CDC release that caught my attention. 1. Not only should vaccinations be at no charge,…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Spoiler Alert: Not much. But, since President Biden’s signature later this week will be the finishing touch on making his American Rescue Plan law, I’ll break it down for you anyway. FFCRA remains voluntary. If your private-sector business has fewer than 500 employees, you can continue to…
Image by torstensimon from Pixabay Spoiler alert: No. (Well, actually, it depends.) Certainly not under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which sunset on December 31, 2020. Even for covered employers that voluntarily provide FFCRA benefits through March 31, the answer is still no. There’s nothing in the FFCRA that…
Dance Party by Blaise Sewell from the Noun Project While you were busy partying at home like it’s 1999 (cue music) or on Zoom with friends, or playing socially-distanced Cards Against Humanity, or whatever it is that HR folks do to let off a year of scalding-hot steam, the U.S.…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay For most, 2020 was a big dumpster fire. COVID-19 didn’t exactly do wonders for the ruby-studded computer servers in the Bloggerdome. When stuff got real in March, this blog caught 🔥🔥🔥. Take a look at the top posts from 2020: 5. “GOTCHA! You won’t…