COVID-19 UPDATE: DOL RELEASES FFCRA TEMPORARY REGULATIONS AND IRS RELEASES ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Apr 2, 2020 | BLOG, EMPLOYMENT, FIRM NEWS

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued temporary regulations for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which confirmed that employees must give notice to their employers of the need to take leave and provide documentation to support paid sick leave and emergency family and medical leave. The IRS also provided guidance on the documentation […]

PROVIDE FFCRA LEAVE AND NOTICE STARTING TODAY, APRIL 1, 2020

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Apr 1, 2020 | BLOG, EMPLOYMENT

Remember to provide required Families First Coronavirus Response Act leave and post the Notice of Employee Rights today. All covered employers must provide leave to eligible employees under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and post the Notice of Employee Rights in a conspicuous place and/or send electronically to teleworking employees starting today. Information about who […]

COVID-19 UPDATE: CARES ACT AND DOL RELEASES ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Mar 31, 2020 | BLOG, EMPLOYMENT

In the past few days, two significant legal developments occurred which will impact employers and small businesses. On Friday, March 27, 2020 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law. The CARES Act provides more than $2 trillion in various relief measures, including expanded unemployment relief, funding options for […]

COVID-19 UPDATE: DOL Questions and Answers

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Mar 28, 2020 | BLOG, EMPLOYMENT

Yesterday, March 26th 2020, the DOL issued guidance entitled “Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers” which answered many outstanding questions about leave being provided under the Families First Coronavrius Response Act.  The Q&A provides guidance about the employee threshold, use of intermittent leave, utilizing the small business exception, counting hours worked for purposes […]

COVID-19 UPDATE FROM BAYLOR EVNEN: FAMILY FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT SUMMARY AND EMPLOYER CONSIDERATIONS

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Mar 20, 2020 | BLOG, EMPLOYMENT, FIRM NEWS

We know many of our clients have been responding to the rapidly-evolving circumstances created by COVID-19. We have appreciated the opportunity to partner with many of you in addressing your organization’s response to this pandemic and issues such as remote work considerations, restricting business travel, potential employee leave, and other matters necessary to navigate these […]

POTENTIAL SEA CHANGE IN WHAT CONSTITUTES NOTICE OF AN INJURY “AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE” IN NEBRASKA

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Dec 23, 2019 | BLOG, EMPLOYMENT, NEBRASKA WORKERS' COMPENSATION, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Recently, the Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s finding that an employee did not give notice to his employer ‘as soon as practicable’ in Bauer v. Genesis Healthcare Group. The employee was hurt on September 15, 2017, and informed his employer on October 23, 2017. This represented a delay of just over 30 […]