[Updated] Employee Vaccines & Healthcare Premium Surcharges
Some employers may be contemplating whether to offer a discount on healthcare premiums to vaccinated employees (or, put another way, ...
Pandemic Response
[Updated] New York State’s HERO Act Requires Employers to Establish New Health and Safety Standards
Update 10/7/21: On September 30, 2021, the New York State Department of Health extended the designation of COVID-19 as a highly...
[Updated] Massachusetts Enacts Temporary COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave
On May 28, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Baker signed Bill H.3702 into law providing employees up to 40 hours of emergency paid sick leave (...
Extension on Temporary Policy for Virtual I-9 Verifications
Updated Sept 2021 – The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension on the ...
[Updated] Expansion of State/Local Sick Leave in Response to COVID-19
UPDATED August 2021 to reflect extensions of local ordinances into 2021. This article will be updated as we continue to...
County of Marin Requires COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
The Marin County Board of Supervisions enacted an urgency ordinance that requires employers with 25 or fewer employees in the County’...
Los Angeles Employers Must Provide Paid COVID-19 Vaccine Leave
On June 24, 2021, Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti issued an order that requires employers to provide paid leave of up to four ...
Washington State Amends its Paid Family and Medical Leave Act due to COVID-19 through June 2023
The state of Washington has amended the state’s existing Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program to create assistance ...
New York Employees can use General Sick Leave to Recover from COVID-19 Vaccine
On May 27, 2021, the New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) announced that employees in New York must be permitted to ...
County of Los Angeles Enacts Paid Vaccine Leave Ordinance
On May 18, 2021, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors enacted an urgency ordinance (“Ordinance”) that requires employers to provide supplemental ...
Chicago Enacts Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance
On April 21, 2021, the City Council of Chicago passed a COVID-19 Vaccination Rights Ordinance (“Ordinance”) that allows workers in Chicago – including ...
IRS Releases Highly Anticipated ARPA COBRA Subsidy Guidance
This article was curated and further revised by the Sequoia Compliance Team and posted in partnership with Marathas Barrow Weatherhead...
