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As many covered employers recall, their duties under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA), and the Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) ended on December 31, 2020.  Those laws obligated them to provide emergency paid sick leave and paid EFMLEA leave […]

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) creates a 100% COBRA premium subsidy for certain “assistance eligible individuals” beginning April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021.  For more information about the COBRA premium subsidy, click here. A number of questions about the subsidy remain unanswered, including the following – What […]

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed into law by President Biden on March 11, is intended to accelerate the country’s recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ARPA provides financial support to individuals impacted by the pandemic, including a third round of stimulus checks […]

The Department of Labor has issued guidance addressing the duration of the “outbreak period” extensions for certain benefits-related deadlines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  In April 2020, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury jointly issued guidance extending certain deadlines and timeframes under the Employee Retirement […]

The IRS recently announced on its website that eligible employers (generally, those with fewer than 500 employees) may disregard the caution contained on various employment tax returns, including the Form 941, regarding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and eligibility for the employee retention credit. As background, the CARES Act […]