Federal Government Contractors Face New Paid Sick Leave Compliance and Flow Down ObligationsMichael W. Mutek
LWOP can be used regardless of whether the employee has sick or annual leave remaining, but those who accumulate more than 80 hours will have their annual and sick leave balances reduced by the amount they would have earned during the pay period when the 80-hour mark was crossed. Health and...
Horgan said he will first take his government’s concerns about the sick leave program to the federal government for possible solutions. “It’s suggestions and solutions like those that have been proposed that we want to bring to the federal government so we can work collaborat...
“We do know that the sick-pay benefit that we worked so hard with the federal government to establish has gaps and holes,” he told a news conference. Horgan said he will first take his government’s concerns about the sick leave program to the federal government for possib...
The federal government anticipates 700,000 Canadians will apply for the caregiver benefit. Canadians will also be able to access a new sick-leave benefit that pays up to $1,000 over two weeks for those unable to work because they have contracted COVID-19 or are forced ...
The federal government anticipates 700,000 Canadians will apply for the caregiver benefit. Canadians will also be able to access a new sick-leave benefit that pays up to $1,000 over two weeks for those unable to work because they have contracted COVID-19 or are forced ...
the federal government before the expiration of the lump-sum leave period, you’ll have to pay back the portion that represents the time between the date of your reemployment and the expiration of the lump-sum period. The days you buy back will be re-credited to your annual leave account....
President Biden also called on Congress to pass the Healthy Families Act, which was reintroduced on April 13 and would require employers with 15 or more employees to provide employees with seven days of paid sick leave per year. The qualifying reasons in the pending House bill h...
Benefits paid to workers would be distributed through several channels. The federal government would establish a program to be run by the Social Security Administration, through which workers could submit applications. Workers that receive paid leave through a state or employer would continue to rece...
Harris also has led theWhite House’s responseto the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturningRoe v. Wade, which — with respect to federal employees — entails the VA providing abortions in certain cases, government workers being allowed to use sick leave to travel for re...