Paid Family Leave

New and Updated

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  Employee Handbooks

  Paid Family Leave Handbook Statement: District of Columbia

  Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments that increase the amount of and expand reasons for paid leave, effective October 1, 2021.

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  Editor's Choice

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): New York Compliance Concerns

  Updated to reflect the New York City severance pay ordinance for displaced hotel workers, effective October 5, 2021.

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  Editor's Choice

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): California Compliance Concerns

  Updated to reflect forthcoming requirements regarding health care insurance coverage of COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.

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  Legal Insight

  What Employers Need to Know About the COVID-19 CARES Act

  Updated to reflect information regarding IRS Notice 2021-53 on leave reporting; temporary and proposed IRS regulations regarding recovery of tax credit overpayments under the ARPA, effective September 1, 2021; and using revised Form 941-X to claim credits or correct Form 941 errors as of October 1, 2021.

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  Legal Timetable

  Massachusetts' Inflation-Adjusted State PFML Contribution Rates and Benefit Amounts Take Effect

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  Employment Law Manual

  FMLA: District of Columbia

  Updated to reflect amendments to the District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act and the Universal Paid Leave Act, effective October 1, 2021.

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  Employment Law Manual

  Unemployment Insurance Tax (FUTA/SUTA), Workers' Compensation Payroll Assessment: Washington

  Updated to reflect amendments to quarterly reporting requirements and related penalties, effective October 1, 2021.

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  50-State Charts

  Paid Family Leave Requirements by State and Municipality

  Updated to reflect an increase in the maximum weekly benefit amount in the District of Columbia, effective September 26, 2021.

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  Legal Timetable

  New York Paid Family Leave Contribution Rates Increase for 2022

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  Legal Timetable

  District of Columbia Temporarily Expands Paid Family Leave Qualifying Reasons and Duration