Beginning the workweek of January 18th, New York state has modified its rules for employees’ eligibility for receiving partial unemployment benefits. This is important for employers to understand for multiple reasons. One of these is the fact that many employers may now be on the hook for having their unemployment rate affected with new increased eligibility for benefits. A second consideration to make, specific to circumstances introduced by the pandemic, is whether the modifications you may have made to your employees’ schedules during COVID to allow them to still be able to collect some partial unemployment and still work part time, are still necessary.

Watch this recording of our webinar from December to find out everything you can (and should) be thinking about as you prepare for the 2020 tax year, in order to maximize the benefit (and minimize the pitfalls) of COVID-related aide and other programs.

On December 2nd NYS issued new proposed regulations that shed light on likely final answers to lingering questions on PSL- and it’s not great.

As COVID cases rise, more employees will be missing work again due to quarantine, testing, illness, or child care. These employees are still entitled to COVID leaves through the CARES Act. Here's a refresher course on how the leaves work in case you forgot!

We’ve survived 2020 and 2021 is just around the corner! We’ve got the scoop on everything Employers need to know to prepare for the new year.

A recording of our comprehensive webinar on NYS PSL from October 2020.