As the dust settles on the tumultuous journey of the final 2020 COVID-19 relief package, it is now clear that as employers with fewer than 500 employees move into 2021, they will no longer be legally required to provide employees with leaves of absence under the two leave laws Congress passed last March as part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Although Congress could still conceivably do so in later legislation, it has not extended FFCRA’s leave entitlements into 2021. This does not, however, end the story for employers who have been obligated in 2020 to provide FFCRA leave.

Continue reading the full GT Alert, “FFCRA Leaves Sunset, But Employer Obligations and Considerations Continue.”

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Photo of Jon Zimring Jon Zimring

Jon Zimring is Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Workforce Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement group. He practices management-side labor and employment law, representing clients before both the courts and administrative agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Office of…

Jon Zimring is Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Workforce Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement group. He practices management-side labor and employment law, representing clients before both the courts and administrative agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), numerous state and local counterparts to these agencies, and additional other federal, state, and local agencies that investigate, audit compliance with, and enforce labor and employment laws. Drawing on this experience, he also has an active practice assisting employers with prevention through proactive audits, compensation analyses, investigations and consultation, and the development of policies, procedures, systems and training. Jon’s practice includes the representation of employers through virtually all workplace issues, including traditional labor relations with unions, affirmative action compliance, wage and hour, leave and disability, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Photo of Ellen M. Bandel Ellen M. Bandel

Ellen M. Bandel is a trusted advisor and experienced attorney in the Labor and Employment practice, counseling both unionized and nonunion employers on all aspects of employment law. She provides strategic and compliance-focused guidance on workplace matters including recruitment, employee performance and discipline…

Ellen M. Bandel is a trusted advisor and experienced attorney in the Labor and Employment practice, counseling both unionized and nonunion employers on all aspects of employment law. She provides strategic and compliance-focused guidance on workplace matters including recruitment, employee performance and discipline, workforce reductions, leaves of absence, wage and hour compliance, disability accommodations, and risk mitigation for terminations. Ellen is a go-to resource for drafting and implementing employee handbooks, personnel policies, employment agreements, non-competes, and severance agreements, and regularly conducts workplace audits, investigations, and training to ensure discrimination and harassment-free environments. Her experience spans the full employment life cycle and covers a range of industries and geographies, with particular depth in California law and “trending” state and local legislation, such as paid sick leave, paid family and medical leaves, pay transparency, pre-employment restrictions, and workplace violence prevention mandates.

Ellen is also frequently engaged to support employment-related issues in mergers and acquisitions, including post-merger employee integration.

Ellen is recognized for her practical, tailored approaches to complex employment issues and her ability to work closely with business and HR leaders to develop actionable strategies that fit each client’s unique needs and culture.

She is also a co-author of PLI’s California Employment Law treatise and a panelist at PLI’s annual Cutting-Edge Employment Law Issues conference, reflecting her thought leadership in the field.