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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. More time off can be in the form of additional vacation time or “mental health” days.

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Helping Employees During Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic

Best Money Moves

Healthcare workers, delivery drivers and grocery store shelf stockers are being overworked while waiters, bartenders, musicians and those in the hospitality industry are dealing with shutdowns, layoffs, and unemployment. Paid Leave. The Coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak is dramatically reshaping the working world.

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First impressions of OSHA’s COVID vaccine mandate

Business Management Daily

Report work-related COVID fatalities to OSHA within eight hours of learning about them and work-related COVID in-patient hospitalizations within 24 hours of learning about the hospitalization. Employees must be given four paid hours off at their regular rate of pay to receive each shot, but booster shots don’t count. 4, 2022.

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Comprehensive Guide to the Best Employee Benefits Options for 2024

Empuls

This would include comprehensive health insurance that covers doctor visits, stays at the hospital, the cost of prescription drugs, and preventive care. Paid time off (PTO) PTOs include vacation days, sick leaves, and personal days. What are legally mandated employee benefits?

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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.

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COVID-19 pandemic: How to prepare your business

Insperity

This choice is as much about encouraging people to play it safe when sick by staying home as it is about being supportive of the local medical community. During a pandemic, hospitals and health care workers can become overwhelmed, making it difficult to obtain such documentation in a timely manner.

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FFCRA leave run out? Workers may be entitled to more anyway

Business Management Daily

That time would be paid under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA). Schools weren’t expected to remain shuttered longer than the time off the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Act (EFMLA) provides. The EFMLA extends partially paid time off for an additional 10 weeks for childcare and school closings only.