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[Official Guidance]
34 pages, Feb. 5, 2021. "What's New: Cents-per-mile rule.... Qualified parking exclusion and commuter transportation benefit.... Contribution limit on a health flexible spending arrangement (FSA).... New Form 1099-NEC."
Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
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[Official Guidance]
"Eligible self-employed individuals will determine their qualified sick and family leave equivalent tax credits with the new IRS Form 7202, Credits for Sick Leave and Family Leave for Certain Self-Employed Individuals PDF. They'll claim the tax credits on their 2020 Form 1040 for leave taken between April 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, and on their 2021 Form 1040 for leave taken between January 1, 2021, and March 31, 2021."
Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
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[Guidance Overview]
"[B]eginning in 2022, eligible employees will be entitled to paid family and medical leave.... [T]here are a number of 2021 deadlines about which employers should be aware."
Epstein Becker Green
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"Becoming the first federal appeals court to address the issue, the Seventh Circuit held ... that USERRA's requirement that employees on military leave receive the same 'rights and benefits' as those on comparable, nonmilitary leave types mandates that employers provide paid military leave to the same extent that they provide pay during other absences, such as jury duty and sick leave." [White v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 19-2546 (7th Cir. Feb. 3, 2021)]
Morgan Lewis
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"[M]any employers have begun exploring incentive-driven voluntary programs, including offering additional PTO, gift cards, and even cash 'bonuses' to employees who provide proof of vaccination. While such a voluntary system avoids many of the pitfalls of a mandatory system, it also carries its own complexities and risks in an already complicated and unsettled area of law."
Reed Smith
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"The Worker Health Coverage Protection Act [S 263] ... would provide a 100 percent subsidy of COBRA health insurance premiums owed by unemployed workers to ensure that they do not lose coverage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furloughed workers whose health benefits continue while pay is suspended would also have their employee contributions 100 percent subsidized."
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
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"Accounting for potential offsets due to reduced demand for uncompensated care, we estimate $23 to $26 billion in additional spending in 2022 would be necessary to implement one of these options. This roughly equals $289 to $322 billion over 10 years, depending on the approach chosen."
Urban Institute
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"The bill would require employers to offer paid sick-leave benefits to all employees, both full-time and part-time. Workers would earn one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked."
Las Cruces Sun News
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[Opinion]
"Patient-reported quality measures are largely based on bedside manner and amenities; patients don't have the scientific basis to evaluate how good a job a physician did. Outcome measures would solve the problem, but there are numerous challenges ... A similar issue arises when evaluating health plans."
Healthcare Economist
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