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Year-In-Review: ERIC Defeats Redundant New Jersey Emergency Paid Sick Leave Proposal

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Additionally, the bill did not contain any tax credits or financial assistance for employers with more than 500 employees, amounting to an unfunded mandate for employers already vulnerable during the pandemic. Lawmakers acknowledged the lack of need for such a measure and tabled the bill for the year.

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Employee Benefits: A Key Part of Job Compensation

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Often, the number of paid vacation days is based on years of service and increases with seniority. Vacation pay is part of a worker’s income and is fully taxable on federal and state income tax returns. Paid Sick Leave- With this benefit, workers are paid but allowed to stay home when they, or sometimes a family member, are sick.

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): What you need to know

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The FFCRA: Provides federally mandated emergency paid sick leave Expands the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and provides emergency provisions for coverage and eligibility Expands unemployment insurance benefits Provides employer tax credits to qualifying employers for certain costs related to the implementation of this law.

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Helping Employees During Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) mandates certain employers provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave related to COVID-19.

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IRS releases draft coronavirus payroll tax credit forms

Business Management Daily

Quick as jackrabbit, the IRS has released a new draft form and draft instructions for employers that elect to take any of the payroll tax credits contained in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. MediumCo pays $10,000 in sick leave and is required to deposit $8,000 in taxes.

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New CDC guidelines affect return to work plans

Business Management Daily

When Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) it temporarily provided workers with Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL). The FFCRA guarantees emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) to all a covered employer’s employees. All employers with fewer than 500 employees are covered.

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Employee retention credit comes with fewer strings

Business Management Daily

Heads up: Don’t use your third-quarter 941 to claim the credit for wages paid in the second quarter. Corporate tax impacts. If, for example, you take the corporate credit for providing paid sick leave, you can’t also take the retention credit for the same wages paid to the same employee.