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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. The FFCRA guarantees emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) to all a covered employer’s employees. Close contact.

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Bills Would Expand Paid Time Off, Who Can Take Family Leave

InterWest Insurance Services

Two bills wending their way through the state Legislature would increase the amount of sick days workers in the Golden State can take as well as expand — once again — the definition of “family” for the purposes of paid family leave. Under current law, the minimum accrual cap is 48 hours, or six days.

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DOL cites businesses illegally denying FFCRA leave

Business Management Daily

As a reminder: The FFCRA requires employers of fewer than 500 to provide: Up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for employees sick or quarantining due to COVID-19. DOL cites employers for failing to follow the paid leave provisions of the FFCRA. Definition of ‘health care provider.’

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Accommodating working parents during COVID-19

Business Management Daily

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

Flimp Communications

The FFCRA carries the potential to transform the American sick-leave situation. Basically, it states that you get two weeks of paid sick leave if you are ill or quarantined or if you’re caring for a sick family member, and all at full pay. My suspicion is that businesses will adapt readily enough.

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Regular rate calculation gets a makeover

Business Management Daily

Cash payments for unused paid leave, including paid sick leave. The regs retain the definition of a discretionary bonus—a bonus over which management retains control until quite close to the payout date—and reiterate that the label assigned to a bonus doesn’t determine whether it’s discretionary.

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11 Actionable Ways To Boost Employee Morale In 2023

Vantage Circle

If you go towards a more formal definition, Roberts Wesleyan University describes employee morale as: "Employee morale is the spirit of a person or group as exhibited by confidence, cheerfulness, discipline, and willingness to perform assigned tasks." However, morale is not just about employee happiness or satisfaction.