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New CDC guidelines affect return to work plans

Business Management Daily

New Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines offer an updated definition of “close contact.” For employers, the “close contact” definition comes into play when tracing contacts in the workplace. Two laws impact the return-to-work decision: the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) and The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Everything You Need to Know When an Employee Takes a Leave of Absence

Insperity

As an employer, how can you minimize the effects an employee’s leave of absence can have on your business, while still providing the time away from work your employees need? Learn what to do when employees request a leave of absence from work and how to minimize the impact of their leave on your business.

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DOL cites businesses illegally denying FFCRA leave

Business Management Daily

Businesses denying employees leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) have found themselves under the Department of Labor’s (DOL) ire. Because of the generally low dollar amounts in question, attorneys have not been quick to take up the cases of employees who claim they were illegally denied FFCRA leave.

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What New Leave, Stimulus Legislation Mean for HR and Employee Communications

Flimp Communications

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the second piece of legislation, makes provision for paid sick or family leave for reasons related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Its focus is narrow , and the money affects only a few sectors of the medical and insurance business.

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

Business Management Daily

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. Current federal law on pandemic leave.

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The opioid crisis: Is drug addiction a disability?

Business Management Daily

The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) provide leave and job protection for recovering addicts. Under that definition, someone who completes a standard 28-day inpatient treatment program is not a current user. Addiction treatment methods & leave.

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Reasonable accommodation can require additional leave

Business Management Daily

In fact, an employee who is disabled should not be automatically terminated once she’s exhausted all leave available. That’s true whether she’s a new employee who hasn’t earned leave or an employee out of paid or unpaid leave. Has she used all eligible FMLA leave ? Taken all time in her Paid Time Off (PTO) bank?