The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 748, "CARES Act") was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act is the third stimulus bill aimed at providing relief to employers and individuals affected by COVID-19. Below is a high-level summary of the employer tax, retirement, paid leave and unemployment insurance provisions, as well as the direct payment to individuals provision.

As ADP^® continues to review and analyze this new bill, we will update and provide additional information, including a summary of the small business assistance included in the bill.

In recent years, the term “ghosting” has been used to describe situations in which a friend or partner stops communicating with you without any notice or explanation. Because there’s no warning, it takes a little time before you even realize that the relationship is over. Unfortunately for employers, ghosting can also occur in the employment context. For instance, after a lot of effort, you make an offer to a job candidate, they accept, and you schedule their first day of work. On the day they’re supposed to start, they fail to show up. Sometimes ghosting can happen even before you make an offer. Or, it can happen when an employee who has been with you for a while simply stops showing up for work.

Here are 10 guidelines to help you avoid workplace ghosting.

The United States has enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which requires employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid leave to employees who are impacted by COVID-19 and offer tax credits to employers that do so. The law took effect on April 1, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2020. On April 1, 2020, the DOL released temporary regulations in relation to both the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act provisions of the FFCRA. For more information from the DOL, please click here.

The law contains three sections of particular interest for employers.