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What We Know About the CARES Act So Far

on Mar 31, 2020 3:27:08 PM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Labor law Employees Payroll Human resources COVID-19
On Friday, March 27th, President Trump signed off on the C.A.R.E.S Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability Act), an unprecedented $2.2 trillion stimulus package intended to mitigate the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.  Details are still coming in, but below are some of the important high-level points. 
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How to Implement New York’s COVID-19 Work-From-Home Requirement

on Mar 26, 2020 9:50:21 AM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Labor law Employees Payroll Human resources COVID-19
Remote work positions have been growing in popularity for over a decade now, and many experts believed they were the future of the workforce—but thanks to a global crisis, most office-based businesses have been forced to install remote workforces with little other option. 
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Coronavirus: FFCRA "What If?" Grid for Employers and Employees

on Mar 24, 2020 1:30:00 PM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Labor law Employees Human resources Benefits COVID-19 FFCRA
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.
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Paid Sick Leave and Family Leave for NYS Workers Impacted by COVID-19

on Mar 24, 2020 12:25:51 PM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Employees Human resources Benefits COVID-19
On March 18, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed emergency legislation guaranteeing job protection and pay for New Yorkers who have been quarantined as a result of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. This includes paid sick leave and paid family leave for family care for workers and families in New York that have been impacted by COVID-19. We have detailed them here:
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act - What We Know So Far

on Mar 24, 2020 12:00:10 PM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Labor law Employees Human resources Benefits COVID-19
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act was signed into law on March 18, 2020.  In the coming days and weeks, federal regulatory agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS), will provide guidance on how to execute or implement the new requirements. In the meantime, employers and advisors must rely on a good faith interpretation of the act’s text.
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Andrew Cuomo reduced New York workforce by 100% during Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus: NY, CA, & PA Implement Strict Workforce Restrictions

on Mar 20, 2020 5:00:29 PM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Labor law Employees Human resources Benefits COVID-19
Overview:
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About the NYS Shared Work Program to Avoid Layoffs

on Mar 20, 2020 5:00:19 PM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Employees Human resources Benefits
New York State is encouraging employers to consider its Shared Work Program as an alternative to employee layoffs. With the program, employees can receive partial Unemployment Insurance benefits while working reduced hours. Full-time, part-time and seasonal employees are eligible. The Shared Work Program helps employers avoid some of the problems caused by a layoff. By keeping your employees during a temporary slowdown, you can ramp up quickly when business conditions improve. And you don't have to deal with the expense and added time of recruiting, hiring and training new employees. On top of that, you spare your employees the hardships of full unemployment.
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Trump Signs Families First Coronavirus Response Act

on Mar 19, 2020 3:35:02 PM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Labor law Employees Human resources Benefits COVID-19
On Wednesday, March 19, 2020, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that was passed by both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives this week. Among other measures, the Act requires employers to provide paid leave for certain employees related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill is set to take effect on April 2, 2020. We have provided an overview of the provisions here.
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How to Determine Pay Frequency

How to Determine Pay Frequency

on Mar 16, 2020 9:29:52 PM By | Complete Payroll | 0 Comments | Employees Payroll
  You can't pay your people without first determining their pay frequency. To be clear,  what is pay frequency? Pay frequency is how often an employee receives a paycheck from you, the employer.
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EEOC Guidance for Employers During a Pandemic

on Mar 16, 2020 1:28:12 PM By | Complete Payroll | 1 Comment | Labor law Employees Human resources COVID-19
The spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has employers rightly concerned about how to handle threats of contagion in the workplace. Along with those worries come concerns about violating other laws in the process of trying to keep the workplace safe. Specifically, the ADA comes to mind; if we send someone home who appears sick, have we then discriminated against someone with a disability? Thankfully, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has answered a number of common questions that employers are asking. We've pulled out those we think are most relevant, below, but the full EEOC Pandemic Preparedness webpage can be found here.
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