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American Workers Are Burned Out; Employers Can Help

InterWest Insurance Services

Paid sick leave. Workers who have paid sick leave can take those days off when they really need to stay home and don’t feel obligated to go to work when sick just because they need the money. Offer creative bonuses — Offer cash bonuses for exceptional work efforts.

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Your COVID-19 payroll questions, our answers

Business Management Daily

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. For employees who aren’t working but are still being paid, you could try Paid for Hours Not Worked. A: It depends.

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Update: What you need to know about pandemic leave policies in 2021

Business Management Daily

Bonuses were the order of the day. Paid leave evolved from a rare benefit to mandatory expenditure. And employees quickly came to expect that paid leave would become an entitlement. That is, if an employer wishes to take the tax credit, it may approve leave. EPSL is capped at 80 hours for full-time workers.

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Performance Appraisal & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

Unfortunately, the coronavirus, leaving one with no time to prepare, has thrown many organizations into a turmoil, where they must decide whether to sink or swim, in terms of making through the economic shock/uncertainty. In order to accomplish this, organizations are further clarifying their employment, benefits and compensation policies.

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Shaping Performance & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

Unfortunately, the coronavirus, leaving one with no time to prepare, has thrown many organizations into a turmoil, where they must decide whether to sink or swim, in terms of making through the economic shock/uncertainty. In order to accomplish this, organizations are further clarifying their employment, benefits and compensation policies.

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What comes after the pandemic’s peak? Six trends, three predictions and one sure thing

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

In many jurisdictions, second-wave peaks in new infections, hospitalizations and deaths are yet to come. How will workers’ compensation deal with the distortions caused by overtime, bonuses and incentives in the COVID-19 period. The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is not here—not even close. Which should be the priority?