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COVID-19 Challenges: A Q&A For Employers [SUPERSEDED]
By Bello Welsh LLP This Alert has been superseded. The updated Alert may be found here. Organizations are facing unprecedented challenges as the result of COVID-19. The virus’s impact on the workplace is significant and implicates a host of issues under employment law. Additionally, on March 18, 2020, the federal government passed a new law, […]
COVID-19: Employer Leave Requirements and Tax Provisions
The House Ways and Means Committee has published an overview of employer leave requirements and tax credit provisions under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. You can access that chart here.
COVID-19: Massachusetts Announces Economic Aid for Small Businesses
MA has announced some economic aid for small business affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (press release: https://www.mass.gov/news/baker-polito-administration-announces-10-million-small-business-recovery-loan-fund) Key provisions: loans up to $75,000 per business ($10 million total fund) for Massachusetts-based businesses with under 50 full- and part-time employees (including nonprofits) loans immediately available; no payments due for 6 months; 30-months of principal and interest payments […]
USCIS Publishes New Version of Employment Eligibility Form (Form I-9)
By Martha J. Zackin On Jan. 31, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new version of Form I-9: Employment Eligibility Verification. Although employers can and should begin using the new Form I-9 immediately, the old Form I-9 will not become obsolete until April 30, 2020. Background. The law requires employers, certain […]
DOL Issues New Overtime Rule for Exempt Employees
By Alexandra D. Thaler With the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule becoming effective in less than two months, on January 1, 2020, employers are well advised to be working now to implement any needed changes by the new year. This fall, the DOL issued its final rule affecting pay requirements for exempt executive, […]