Supreme Court blocks vaccine mandate for large employers
The Supreme Court voted 6 to 3 to block the Biden administration’s federal vaccine mandate for employers with more than 100 employees. OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) would have required workers to be vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus or to wear masks and be tested weekly. Employers were to have established policies to provide paid […]
Additional relief coming soon for health care providers
Health care providers could see even more relief if the $484 billion interim coronavirus relief measure is signed by President Trump. The lion’s share of the bill passed the week of April 20 is dedicated to replenishing the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) now-exhausted Paycheck Protection Program and $60 billion for disaster loans through the Economic […]
Families First Coronavirus Response Act provides paid sick and family leave, employer tax credits
President Trump signed today the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) to provide affected individuals with paid sick and family leave and create tax credits for affected employers, expand food and nutrition services, allow for emergency state unemployment insurance grants, and increase Medicaid funding to states, among other things. The leave provisions go into […]
You may be ABLE to save for a disabled family member with a tax-advantaged account
There’s a tax-advantaged way for people to save for the needs of family members with disabilities — without having them lose eligibility for government benefits to which they’re entitled. It can be done though an Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) account, which is a tax-free account that can be used for disability-related expenses. Eligibility […]