Employer Paid Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
COVID-19’s impact on West Virginia (WV) employers continues to shadow businesses, government, and individual citizens. The federal response to the pandemic-induced economic shutdown, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA),…
September 14, 2020
How Interpreting the FFCRA Has Changed
On August 3, 2020, a New York federal district court struck down several parts of the US Department of Labor (DOL) April 2020 rule (the April Rule) interpreting the FFCRA (Families First Coronavirus Response Act). The DOL has since issued a revised…
October 19, 2020
Requirements for Taking the FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credit
In early 2020, many US states issued shutdown orders to help the spread of the coronavirus. Anticipating widespread need for worker leave and the strain of the shutdown and quarantine orders on employers, the US Congress passed the Families First…
October 29, 2020