The coronavirus outbreak created serious and unusual challenges for U.S. businesses, and handling them called for careful planning. Chief among them were new legal requirements for employers.
This 90-minute COVID-19 employment law webinar reviews the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed in March 2020, and its two leave laws: the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA). These were temporary measures, with the expanded leave and paid sick leave provisions set to expire on December 31, 2020.
It also covers the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed on March 27, 2020, which provided one-time payments to individuals, stronger unemployment insurance, added health care funding, and loans and grants to businesses to deter layoffs.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
The FFCRA made sweeping changes to employer obligations: a paid sick leave mandate for employers with fewer than 500 employees, a temporary expansion of FMLA with paid leave for COVID-19 reasons, unemployment benefits for COVID-19 reasons, and tax credits for paid sick and family leave.
This session explains those provisions for senior leaders, HR, compliance, operations, accounting and recruiting professionals, managers, supervisors, team leaders and employees.
AREA COVERED
Background and legislation
- What COVID-19 is
- Current employment laws to be aware of
- The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
- Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA)
- Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA)
- Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act
Applying the FFCRA
- Covered employers
- Small business exemption
- Employer posting requirements
- Employee eligibility
- Qualifying reasons for leave
- Amount and use of leave
- Effect on employees' health benefits
- Employee notice and documentation requirements
- Enforcement of the regulations
- Performance-related terminations during COVID-19
- Compensation under the EFMLEA and the FMLA
- Telework under the EPSLA and EFMLEA
- Key FFCRA compliance steps
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain the FFCRA and its EPSLA and EFMLEA leave provisions
- Describe the main relief measures in the CARES Act
- Identify covered employers, the small business exemption and employee eligibility
- Apply the rules on qualifying reasons, leave amounts, pay and health benefits
- Meet posting, notice and documentation requirements
- Handle telework and performance-related terminations under the FFCRA
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Senior Leadership
- Human Resources Professionals
- Compliance Professionals
- Operations Professionals
- Accounting Professionals
- Recruiting Professionals
- Managers & Supervisors
- Project Managers
- Team Leaders
- Employees
The FFCRA made sweeping changes to employer obligations: a paid sick leave mandate for employers with fewer than 500 employees, a temporary expansion of FMLA with paid leave for COVID-19 reasons, unemployment benefits for COVID-19 reasons, and tax credits for paid sick and family leave.
This session explains those provisions for senior leaders, HR, compliance, operations, accounting and recruiting professionals, managers, supervisors, team leaders and employees.
Background and legislation
- What COVID-19 is
- Current employment laws to be aware of
- The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
- Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA)
- Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA)
- Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act
Applying the FFCRA
- Covered employers
- Small business exemption
- Employer posting requirements
- Employee eligibility
- Qualifying reasons for leave
- Amount and use of leave
- Effect on employees' health benefits
- Employee notice and documentation requirements
- Enforcement of the regulations
- Performance-related terminations during COVID-19
- Compensation under the EFMLEA and the FMLA
- Telework under the EPSLA and EFMLEA
- Key FFCRA compliance steps
- Explain the FFCRA and its EPSLA and EFMLEA leave provisions
- Describe the main relief measures in the CARES Act
- Identify covered employers, the small business exemption and employee eligibility
- Apply the rules on qualifying reasons, leave amounts, pay and health benefits
- Meet posting, notice and documentation requirements
- Handle telework and performance-related terminations under the FFCRA
- Senior Leadership
- Human Resources Professionals
- Compliance Professionals
- Operations Professionals
- Accounting Professionals
- Recruiting Professionals
- Managers & Supervisors
- Project Managers
- Team Leaders
- Employees