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Congress has passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), and the President has signed it into law today. The largest emergency economic stimulus package ever passed, the CARES Act aims to help individuals and businesses deal with the severe financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act includes sweeping provisions related to greatly expanding small business loan programs, providing direct and immediate cash payments to certain individuals, providing significant unemployment benefits, increasing production of necessary medical supplies and authorizing financial aid to certain particularly hard hit industries. Additionally, the CARES Act clarifies several elements …

… do I electronically “post” this notice? Each covered employer must post a notice of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requirements in a conspicuous place on its premises. An employer may satisfy this requirement by emailing or direct mailing this notice to employees, or posting this notice on an employee information internal or external website. 2. Do I have to post this notice in other languages that my employees speak? Where can I get the notice in other languages? You do not have to post this notice in multiple languages; we are working to translate it into other languages …

… Act and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act? The FFCRA’s paid leave provisions are effective on April 1, 2020, and apply to leave taken between April 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020. 2. As an employer, how do I know if my business is under the 500-employee threshold and therefore must provide paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave? You have fewer than 500 employees if, at the time your employee’s leave is to be taken, you employ fewer than 500 full-time and part-time employees within the United States, which includes …