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 for employers to
continue paid leave benefits to their employees as follows:
Congress extended the tax credits for employers who provide
both paid sick leave and paid family leave through March 31, 2021.
Those credits will continue to be processed as they have been under
the FFCRA.
Congress did not extend the mandatory requirement to provide