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Following the death of George Floyd during his arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, America experienced months of civil unrest throughout the country. It was during these protests that some began to assert that civil society in America was beyond repair and advocated for breaking the shackles of an allegedly oppressive and racially insensitive government. It was from this belief that the idea of establishing autonomous zones free from civil authority and independent from the United States was born. For the first time since 1861, calls for secession were acted upon, and protestors began to commandeer and blockade neighborhoods in major U.S. cities, thereby creating bubbles of autonomous rule within the United States. Protestors denied emergency responders and civil authorities entry to these autonomous zones, and prevented property owners from quietly enjoying their homes and businesses. For days, or even weeks, local and stat
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The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act ( FFCRA ) was passed by Congress this spring to mandate two weeks of paid sick leave for COVID-19 reasons and to extend the FMLA by creating a new reason for FMLA leave relating to the need for child care because of COVID-19. The details of the FFCRA were covered by the Spilman COVID-19 Task Force at the time of passage here.
The FFCRA was set to expire at the end of 2020, and there had been little noise out of Congress that it would be extended. However, the $900 billion stimulus package agreed to by Congressional leaders late Sunday night will extend the FFCRA s payroll tax subsidy for employers offering workers paid sick leave, but it will not extend the mandate requiring employers to do so. This means employers will not be required to provide paid sick leave or additional FMLA leave for COVID-19-related reasons (unless required to do so by state or local law). But, employers