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Biden’s 1st Quarter Review

April 14, 2021
Published in Business Law, Employment Law
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A Review of Impactful Employment Law Changes the Biden Administration has made after One Quarter in Office The Biden administration has wasted no time making significant changes to the employment law landscape that will impact employers. Perhaps most significant is the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”), which was signed into law on March 11, 2021, [...]

Impact of Stimulus Bill on FFCRA

December 29, 2020
Published in Business Law, Civil Litigation, Employment Law, FGKS News & Information
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FFCRA Paid Leave Obligations, but not Tax Credit, Set to Expire on December 31 As many of you know by now, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), which was enacted in March, requires employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide two types of paid leave benefits for certain absences related to COVID-19: (1) [...]

FFCRA Guidance as Schools Reopen

August 28, 2020
Published in Civil Litigation, Employment Law, FGKS News & Information
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Employment Law Alert Department of Labor Issues FFCRA Guidance as School Reopen The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (“EFMLEA”) require covered employers – those with 500 or fewer employees – to provide eligible employees with paid leave if an employee is unable to work because [...]

LGBTQ Workers are Protected by Title VII

June 16, 2020
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Employment Law Alert Supreme Court Rules that LGBTQ Workers are Protected by Title VII Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling as to whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of a person’s race, religion, national origin or sex) protects [...]

Ohio Announces “Responsible Restart” Ohio

April 28, 2020
Published in Business Law, Employment Law, FGKS News & Information
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Ohio Announces "Responsible Restart" Ohio What Employers Should Keep in Mind When Recalling Employees As many of you already know, Governor Mike DeWine has unveiled the details of the much-anticipated plan to reopen Ohio. On May 1, all healthcare procedures that do not require an overnight stay in a hospital can move forward, and dentists [...]

Second Round of PPP Funding

April 25, 2020
Published in Banking, Business Law, Employment Law
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Second Round of PPP Funding Starts Monday at 10:30am On April 16, 2020, the $349 billion allocated to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was exhausted. On April 24, 2020, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act (the Act). The Act is a $484 billion economic relief package which provides, among other [...]

The FFCRA and Ohio’s Stay at Home Order

April 1, 2020
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Does Ohio's Stay at Home Order Trigger the FFCRA? Although we are still waiting on official guidance from the state of Ohio, new Department of Labor (“DOL”) guidance strongly suggests that Ohio’s stay at home order is not equivalent to a state isolation or quarantine order for purposes of a qualifying reason for paid leave [...]

CARES Act Signed Into Law

March 30, 2020
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CARES Act Signed Into Law On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law. The aim of the CARES Act is to provide financial relief to individuals and businesses in response to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. There are four main categories of economic [...]

Employers Can Provide Tax-Free Payments to Their Employees

March 26, 2020
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Tax-Free Payments to Employees Employers Can Provide Tax-Free Payments to Their Employees as a Result of COVID-19 While the ongoing and quickly changing COVID-19 pandemic has certainly had an effect on our economy that will be felt for some time, there is a provision found in Internal Revenue Code Section 139 that permits employers to [...]

Ohio Announces “Stay At Home” Order

March 23, 2020
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Ohio Announces "Stay At Home" Order Non-Essential Business and Operations Must Cease Yesterday afternoon, Governor Mike DeWine announced that the Ohio Department of Health has issued a “stay at home” order, telling Ohio residents to stay at home and requiring Ohio businesses to temporarily cease operations unless they are an “essential business.” The order includes [...]