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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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Sick leave policies: A comprehensive guide for employers and employees

Business Management Daily

Therefore, it’s essential to have a sick leave policy in place to give your employees some time off when needed. There are plenty of legal considerations and workplace trends to keep up with that will inform how you should build or update your sick leave policy. What is sick leave?

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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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Calling In Sick: What To Do When Employees Lie

Insperity

Does Gloria tend to take sick leave on Fridays, Mondays or days surrounding holidays? If this is a pattern of behavior, it definitely needs to be addressed. Because the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires a doctor’s note after three consecutive days, many companies use the three-day guideline for sick days.

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Accommodating working parents during COVID-19

Business Management Daily

Each of these factors impacts the employer’s options under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). 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 ).

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How to create, implement and enforce a time and attendance policy

Insperity

This conversation definitely applies to your company as well. They tend to prefer open-ended paid time off (PTO) to allow more time to attend to family obligations, enjoy more travel opportunities and even engage in volunteer activities – with the caveat that as long as work gets done, it’s OK. And you’d be wrong. Absenteeism.