FFCRA UPDATE – PAID SICK LEAVE FOR CHILD CARE Now that regular school activities have ceased, a question has arisen about eligibility for paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) if an employee must stay home to care for a child who is not able to attend summer camp or similar […]
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Record of Insurance Transactions – How Long Must They Be Kept?
A recent caller to the Free Legal Service Program I operate for IIAG members told me about a conversation he recently had with an insurance company representative regarding the above question. The representative told the caller that, at least with respect to motor vehicle liability policies, Georgia law required an agent to keep every copy […]
Read more...Producer Status Under FLSA-An Update
My last post concerned the legal requirements that must be satisfied by agencies before they can reopen their offices. The length of that post indicates how many such requirements there are. Before addressing the subject raised in the title to this post, I wanted to let my readers know about a checklist for those and […]
Read more...Re-Opening Agency Offices – Legal Issues
Last week I participated in a webinar put on by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (“IIAG”) that addressed the many issues that need to be considered by insurance agencies before they re-open their offices. A link to a recording of that webinar should appear on the IIAG’s Coronavirus Member Resources webpage in the near […]
Read more...Sample Insurance Certificates – Can They Be Issued?
My last few posts have been about the legislative actions taken to assist employers and employees who are dealing with Covid-19 related issues. I thought it would be a good time for a change of pace. What better non-Covid-19 subject to address than one of the most enduring subjects of this blog, insurance certificates. However, […]
Read more...Testing Employees for Covid-19
My last few posts have been about the new paid sick leave requirements imposed on businesses by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). Now that Governor Kemp has decided it’s safe to allow some businesses to reopen, I thought it would be appropriate to address what employers can and cannot do in determining the […]
Read more...Payment of Employees Under FFCRA – An Update
My last post provided a basic outline of the provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). Since that time, additional guidance has been provided by the U.S. Department of Labor (“USDOL”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that contradicts some of the things said about FFCRA in that post. The current interpretation of […]
Read more...Corona Virus – Payment of Employees Under FFCRA
My last post mainly concerned an employer’s obligation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to pay their employees when they can’t come to work or the office is closed due to the Corona Virus outbreak. At the end, there was a brief explanation of the requirements imposed by a recently enacted federal law that […]
Read more...Corona Virus – Rules for Payment of Employees
Due to the relatively mild winters we have had here in Georgia the past two years, I have not felt the need to repost my article about the duty of agency owners to pay their employees when either they can’t come to work or the office is closed due to severe weather. However, the […]
Read more...New Overtime Rule Effective Date Announced
Last week the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) announced that the new salary level test for the administrative, executive, and professional employees exemptions from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) would become effective on January 1, 2020. On and after that date, for an employee to satisfy the requirements of […]
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