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Key Employee Benefits Changes Under the One Beautiful Bill Act

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA or the “Act”), signed into law on July 4, 2025, introduces a broad set of changes impacting employee benefits and executive compensation. This summary highlights the provisions most...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The One Big Beautiful Bill: What Plan Sponsors Need to Know

On July 4th, while many of us were grilling hot dogs and dodging fireworks, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) into law. Love the name or roll your eyes at it, this bill packs a massive punch for...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Part Two: One Big Beautiful Bill Act – Impact on Employers and Employees

Signed into law on July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) introduces several changes affecting workplace tax treatment and employee benefits....more

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What Employers Need to Know About the Employee Benefits Provisions in the OBBBA

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On July 4, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted into law with President Donald Trump’s signature. Although the OBBBA’s tax and spending provisions tend to receive greater media attention, it also contains...more

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One not-so-big summary of the compensation and benefits law changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Act), signed into law on July 4th, contains a number of provisions that will impact employee compensation and benefits. Employers and service providers should start considering the following...more

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How the Big Beautiful Bill Will Impact Your Employee Benefits and Compensation Strategy

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The Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025, spans nearly 900 pages and touches numerous aspects of federal policy. Nestled within this lengthy legislation are employee benefits provisions that...more

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The New FFCRA Under The American Rescue Plan Act

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Earlier today, a divided Congress approved the American Rescue Plan Act. The Act was the result of President Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus plan. President Biden is expected to sign the Act into law as early...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Tell Me Again — Do We Have to Give FFCRA Leave in 2021?

2020 is in the rearview mirror. Whew!  Unfortunately, COVID-19 is not gone and certainly not forgotten. The latest hot topic has been what to do with employees who think they should get paid leave for COVID-19 reasons that...more

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Mandatory COVID Leave Expires, but Tax Credits for Providing COVID Leave are Extended

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Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) are no longer required to provide employees with COVID-related paid leave, but they may do so in some situations and still...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Congress Makes Additional Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave Optional

The dust has now settled on the new stimulus bill signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020. The changes to the Family First Coronavirus Recovery Act (“FFCRA”) was buried in over 5000 pages of text and provides a choice...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Year-End Stimulus Bill Permits, but Does Not Mandate, Extension of FFCRA Leave

Late on December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law an omnibus stimulus bill. The new legislation contained much needed extensions of unemployment benefits that have supported many Americans who have experienced...more

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UPDATE - Revised Families First Coronavirus Response Act Narrows the Scope of Emergency FMLA Expansion and Paid Sick Leave...

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President Trump signed the Act in the evening of March 18. Per guidance published by the Department of Labor on March 24, the Act is effective April 1, 2020.  Affected employers must be prepared to implement the Act’s leave...more

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FAQs: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act for Employers

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On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”)....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Coronavirus Leave under New Federal and New York Laws: Frequently Asked Questions

- The President signed the FFCRA into law on March 18, 2020. The Act will go into effect “not later than 15 days after the date of enactment” (i.e., no later than April 2, 2020). Most employers with 500 or fewer employees are...more

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Tax Aspects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”) on March 18, 2020. The Act becomes effective April 2, 2020, and contains a number of tax provisions that fund the Act’s mandatory paid leave...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Families First Coronavirus Response Act FAQ

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law on March 18, 2020, and will go into effect on or before April 2, 2020. The FFCRA creates obligations for many employers to provide temporary relief to...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Emergency Paid Sick Leave and FMLA Leave Updates in Response to COVID-19

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) was signed by the President on March 18, 2020 and will become effective no later than April 2, 2020. ...more

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act Becomes Law: Implications for Employers

On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”). The Act contains several important provisions that require employers to offer paid leave for employees unable to work...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

The Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act: A Summary for Employers

As part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which was signed by President Trump on March 18, Congress enacted the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act. Both of...more

Blank Rome LLP

Understanding the Employment and Tax Provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Senate approved by a 90-8 margin the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which was passed earlier in the week by the U.S. House of Representatives (“HR 6201” or the “Act”). The bill was signed...more

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Alert: US Enacts the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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On March 18, 2020, one week after the World Health Organization announced that the spread of COVID-19 qualified as a "pandemic," the president signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA is a set of...more

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Swift 100% Reimbursement to Employers for Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave

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Now that the devastating scope of the COVID-19 pandemic has become clear, the United States government is responding rapidly to address both its health care and economic impacts. Two emergency supplemental appropriations...more

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Tax credits under new coronavirus (COVID-19) law

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Tax credits available to employers for paid sick leave and family and medical leave - On March 18, 2020, the President signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Act. The Act includes the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act...more

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Families First Coronavirus Response Act Establishes New Paid Sick Leave and Family Leave Rights for U.S. Employees

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On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (the “Act”) and President Trump signed the Act into law the same day. The Act is significantly less onerous on employers than an earlier...more

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US Emergency Paid Leave Act: New Relief to Mitigate COVID-19’s Economic Impact

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The legislation provides COVID-19-related paid leave that impacts many employers, but important questions remain. Key Points: ..The Act impacts employers with one to 499 employees, and will be effective no later than...more

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