Webinar: Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Executive Summary and Key Legal Considerations for Employers

This webinar took place on March 23, 2020. 

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Description: Designed to provide assistance to employers and their employees, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act went into effect on April 2, 2020. This law impacts private employers with 500 or fewer employees and all public employers as they navigate the sweeping effects of COVID-19. During this webinar, Womble Bond Dickinson partners Andy Coburn, Beth Tyner Jones, and John Pueschel provided an executive summary of this complex legislation, discussed key compliance issues, and outlined important practical considerations for implementation. 

Our speakers covered topics including: 

• Employer and employee coverage under the Act
• Emergency Paid Sick Leave
• Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act 
• Calculating the correct pay rates during paid leave
• Tax credits for Paid Sick and Paid FMLA Leave
• Frequently asked questions

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