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 (...
Pandemic Response
[Updated] New York State’s HERO Act Requires Employers to Establish New Health and Safety Standards
Update 7/27/21: On July 6, 2021, the NYDOL published infectious disease prevention standards and model generic and industry-specific airborne infectious...
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...
Philadelphia Re-Enacts and Expands Public Health Emergency Leave
On March 29, 2021, the City of Philadelphia passed an updated version of the Philadelphia Public Health Emergency Leave (2021 PHEL) requiring up ...
[Updated] Potential Issues for Employers when Adopting COVID Relief for DC FSAs
Under the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Congress provided temporary relief to ...
San Francisco Passes COVID-Related Employment Protections Ordinance
On January 26, 2021, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the COVID- Related Employment Protections Ordinance (“Ordinance”). The Ordinance became effective ...
