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November 16, 2020
NEW CDC “CLOSE CONTACT” GUIDELINES
NEW CDC “CLOSE CONTACT” GUIDELINESThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised and expanded its guidelines concerning what it means to have been in "close contact" with an infected person. Under prior guidance, the CDC defined a close contact as someone who spent at least 15 consecutive minutes within six feet of an infected person, thus putting the person at higher risk of contracting the virus.August 27, 2020
DOL ISSUES NEW FMLA FORMS
DOL ISSUES NEW FMLA FORMSEmployers covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (employers with 50 or more employees within 75 miles) should be aware of the newly-revised FMLA forms posted by the U.S.August 17, 2020
NEW VIRGINIA PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH LAW
NEW VIRGINIA PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH LAWAs part of the new Virginia Values Act, a new Virginia Code section extends discrimination protections to pregnant employees.August 15, 2020
REVISED CDC RETURN TO WORK GUIDELINES
REVISED CDC RETURN TO WORK GUIDELINESThe Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued revised guidance concerning how long employers should require employees to stay at home after testing positive for Covid-19. Based on evolving medical information about the infectious period of coronavirus, the new guidance reduces the quarantine time from 14 days to 10 days in most cases.Significantly, the new guidance changes the focus from testing to symptoms when deciding when it is saJune 8, 2020
PAYCHECK PROTECTION LOAN FORGIVENESS AND REHIRE REFUSALS
PAYCHECK PROTECTION LOAN FORGIVENESS AND REHIRE REFUSALSIn our last blog we discussed the process for reporting to the VEC an employee’s refusal of an offer to return to work. We have been receiving inquiries from some companies that have received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan about the effect rehire refusals will have on the loan forgiveness. As a condition of loan forgiveness, an employer must call back to work those employees who were laid off.April 23, 2020
NEW VIRGINIA LAW REGARDING NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS
NEW VIRGINIA LAW REGARDING NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS
This will be the first in our series about the new legislation resulting from the 2020 Virginia General Assembly session.
April 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS POSTER AND GUIDANCE FROM D.O.L.
CORONAVIRUS POSTER AND GUIDANCE FROM D.O.L.
The Department of Labor has provided a model workplace poster concerning the new emergency paid sick and family leave requirements of the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) which takes effect April 1. The poster for non-federal employees can be found on the DOL’s website at
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/posters/FFCRA_Poster_WH1422_Non-Federal.pdf
April 8, 2020
HEALTH CARE AND SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTIONS UNDER FFCRA
HEALTH CARE AND SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTIONS UNDER FFCRA
The Department of Labor has now issued guidance in the form of Q & A’s concerning the health care and small business exemptions from the paid leave provisions of the FFCRA. The guidance concerning health care is as follows:
56. Who is a “health care provider” who may be excluded by their employer from paid sick leave and/or expanded family and medical leave?
April 8, 2020
PAYROLL-PROTECTION LOANS FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
PAYROLL-PROTECTION LOANS FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
On Friday, March 27, the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act was enacted. The goal of the new law is to boost the economy with provisions that will provide direct payments to individuals and relief for businesses, including provisions that will impact:
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