Earlier in September, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued updated guidance providing information for employers on how to report on Form W-2 the amount of qualified sick and family leave wages paid to employees for leave taken in 2021. Notice 2021-53 provides guidance under recent coronavirus legislation including the…
Read More »Although he has still yet to sign the legislation or officially indicate that he will sign it, newly re-nominated democrat New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has made clear that he does intend to expand the state paid sick leave law to allow for bereavement leave of up to 12 weeks. The legislature passed the bereavement…
Read More »Yes, if fact in Massachusetts, they’re calling it the Grand Bargain and aside from a permanent sales tax holiday for one weekend every August, it also includes an increase in the current $11 per hour minimum wage to $15 an hour and paid sick and family leave. The legislature on Wednesday put all three on…
Read More »In response to a concerted lobbying effort by the broader business community in Maryland, yesterday the state senate voted to delay implementation of the new Maryland paid sick leave law until July. The Healthy Working Families Act, vetoed by Governor Larry Hogan but which was overridden in both branches over the past few weeks, is…
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