Business Management Daily

MAY 13, 2020

Heads up: Don’t use your third-quarter 941 to claim the credit for wages paid in the second quarter. Corporate tax impacts. If, for example, you take the corporate credit for providing paid sick leave, you can’t also take the retention credit for the same wages paid to the same employee.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 13, 2021

Pandemic leave policies are a hot topic in 2021 after many of the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act’s (FFCRA) federal mandatory provisions expired at the end of 2020. The FFCRA – the first comprehensive federal paid leave law – set the floor for COVID-19 leave. State laws on pandemic leave policies.

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Family and Medical Leave Act Paid Sick Leave Paid Leave Taxes 52

Business Management Daily

MAY 15, 2020

Or you could adopt the acronyms from the Families First and CARES Act: EPSL for employees on emergency paid sick leave. EFMLA for employees on emergency paid FMLA leave. ERTC for employees for whom you will be taking the employee retention tax credit. A: The wages are taxable and subject to withholding.

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Payroll Paid Sick Leave Bonuses Taxes 52

Higginbotham

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

California Passes Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave. California has passed a new supplemental paid sick leave law requiring employers with more than 25 employees to provide up to 40 hours of paid leave for specific COVID-19-related reasons, and 40 additional hours if they or a family member test positive for COVID-19.

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Business Management Daily

APRIL 10, 2020

The FFCRA provides two types of paid leave to working parents, emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ). Up to certain limits, employers may use the amount distributed to employees for paid leave as a refundable tax credit.

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Family and Medical Leave Act Paid Sick Leave Paid Leave Payroll 52

Business Management Daily

MAY 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to keep sick workers out of the workplace. In passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Congress authorized limited paid leave for the rest of 2020. In all likelihood, some form of paid FMLA leave will survive the pandemic. FMLA basics.

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Paid Leave Family and Medical Leave Act Paid Sick Leave Parental Leave 52

Business Management Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2020

For employees who have already run out of pandemic-related sick leave and need more, another section of the tax code—IRC § 45S—offers a corporate tax credit for voluntarily providing a minimum of two weeks of paid FMLA leave to certain employees. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act hasn’t been kind to employers.

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Paid Leave Paid Sick Leave Deductions Deductible 52

McNees

MARCH 18, 2021

Employers will receive a credit against their quarterly Medicare Tax payments for the payment of the subsidy. If the plan is a multiemployer plan, the plan will be responsible for the payment of the subsidiary and will receive a credit on its Medicare Tax liability. Credit for Paid Sick Leave and Paid Family Medical Leave.

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Business Management Daily

MARCH 13, 2020

Employees who worked 30 days before being affected by COVID-19, who don’t have access to any paid leave (i.e., sick time, vacation, personal days or who continue to receive pay) or who are receiving unemployment benefits, qualify for a new federal emergency paid leave benefit, administered through the Social Security Administration.

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Family and Medical Leave Act Paid Sick Leave Paid Leave Medical 52

Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We are a local government, so we must provide paid sick leave to employees without the benefit of getting the payroll tax credit. Must we still report employees’ sick/ family leave in Box 14 of their W-2? Also, which states require employees to be paid their accrued vacation pay?

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Business Management Daily

APRIL 19, 2021

Sorting out calendaring for Families First Coronavirus Response Act leave. Mandated federal paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) ended December 31, 2020. The FFCRA had required employers to provide paid time off for many COVID-19-related reasons.

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Family and Medical Leave Act Paid Leave Paid Sick Leave Banking 52

Business Management Daily

APRIL 1, 2021

Paid time off and Emergency FMLA leave. Mandated federal paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) ended December 31, 2020. The FFCRA required employers to provide paid time off for many COVID-19-related reasons. This applies to the 10 days of Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL).

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Family and Medical Leave Act Employment Paid Sick Leave Taxes 64

Business Management Daily

MARCH 15, 2021

For most people, the centerpiece of this legislation is $1,400 checks to taxpayers whose 2020 adjusted gross income is less than $75,000 (single taxpayers) or $150,000 (marrieds filing jointly). The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has a flyer you may want to hand out to employees. Employee retention credit.

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Payroll 401(k) Paid Sick Leave Taxes 52

Insperity

JANUARY 9, 2020

Every new year brings new employment laws, and 2020 is no different. However, some states and local governments are implementing more generous leave policies for employees. Many of those new rules have 2020 deadlines that employers must comply with. For example, Massachusetts’ paid leave law took effect in September 2019.

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Family and Medical Leave Act Employment Paid Leave Paid Sick Leave 99

Business Management Daily

MARCH 23, 2020

Interfering with someone’s right to take paid sick leave by requiring them to work is typically prohibited under these laws. How will the coronavirus relief package affect employee leave ? A: On March 18, 2020, the U.S.

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Family and Medical Leave Act Paid Sick Leave Paid Leave Payroll 52

Business Management Daily

JANUARY 27, 2021

OSHA issued a number of COVID-related workplace standards during 2020. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued COVID-related employer guidance throughout 2020. As of December 31, 2020, employers are no longer required to offer Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) or Emergency Family and Medical Leave.

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s (FFCRA) pending sunset creates challenges for employers and employees seeking FMLA leave for COVID related reasons. The FFCRA expanded Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) rights and funded paid leave for many pandemic-related reasons. FMLA leave applies to mental health.

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Business Management Daily

MARCH 25, 2021

FFCRA tax credit. In March 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) that created paid sick leave. Federal tax credits reimbursed employers for the cost. ARP extends the tax credits for employers that offer paid leave to September 30, 2021.

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