New FAQs clarify requirements under the Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay Rules, which require certain employers to provide paid sick leave for employees with flu-like symptoms who are being tested for COVID-19.
The IRS has issued Notice 2020-15, allowing HSA-compatible high deductible health plans to provide coverage for testing and treatment of COVID-19-related services without an annual deductible requirement or with a lower annual deductible.
On March 11, 2020, the president signed a proclamation that implements additional travel restrictions for any foreign nationals who have been present in certain European countries within 14 days of arrival in the United States.
On March 3, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal law did not prevent states from using their identity theft statutes to prosecute criminal cases where defendants, undocumented immigrants, used stolen Social Security numbers to get jobs.
On March 11, 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment issued emergency rules that require certain employers to provide paid sick leave for employees with flu-like symptoms who are being tested for COVID-19, effective immediately.
Utah’s medical cannabis program officially launched this month, and the Utah State Legislature timely enacted Senate Bill 121, which amends and clarifies various provisions of Utah’s medical cannabis laws.
Wtih Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Paid Sick Days Act set to (finally) take effect on March 15, 2020, the Mayor's Office of Equity recently released revised guidelines and FAQs that help clarify employer compliance duties.
Effective February 6, 2020, New York employees who are out of work due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, are eligible to collect unemployment benefits after a waiting period of only 14 days.
