The DOL’s Updated Guidance on the Expired FFCRA—It Will Still Enforce Pre-December 31, 2020 FFCRA Violations

As relayed in our late December piece titled: “It’s Official, the FFCRA Expires This Year. Tax Credits Available to Employers that Voluntarily Provide Paid Leave for COVID-19 Absences,” mandated FFCRA paid leave expired on December 31, 2020; however, per the federal government’s new stimulus bill (The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 referred as the “Act”), as …

It’s Official, the FFCRA Expires this Year. Tax Credits Available to Employers That Voluntarily Provide Paid Leave for COVID-19 Absences

There were rumors that with the new stimulus deal that Congress would extend FFCRA leave, but that turned out to be fake news. Upon reviewing House Speaker Pelosi’s press release discussing the stimulus deal it became clear that no, the FFCRA would not be extended to provide employees guaranteed paid leave benefits for COVID-19 qualifying …