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President Trump extends Presidential Proclamations, which temporarily suspended the entry of certain non-immigrants and immigrants to the United States

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

We previously discussed two Presidential Proclamations, which President Trump had signed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic......
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Will Trend Of Favorable Decisions From Occupational Safety And Health Review Commission Last?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has issued three new decisions that appear to continue a favorable trend.

An Employer’s Dilemma: To Mandate (Or Not) The COVID-19 Vaccine?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

During a year in need of some brightness, December brought some great news: after emergency Food and Drug Administration approvals, first Pfizer and then Moderna shipped COVID-19 vaccines to locations throughout the United States, kicking off a mass-immunization campaign that is fast-tracked for

New COVID-19 Bill Provides Additional Bankruptcy Relief

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

On Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which provides $900 billion in a second wave of economic stimulus relief for industries and individuals faced with challenges from the COVID-19 coronavirus.

2020 False Claims Act Recoveries Were Down By One-Third In 2020. . . And That’s Bad News For Federal Contractors

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

On January 14, 2021, the Department of Justice released its updated statistics for False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries in FY 2020.

Rising Supply Chain Risk Requires Proactive Management

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

As the roughly 18,000 organizations, government agencies and educational institutions continue to recover from last year’s SolarWinds nation-state attack, one of the biggest takeaways from this event is that organizations need to be better educated on how to manage their third-party cyber-risks.

Consolidated Appropriations Act: Important Changes To The Employee Retention Credit

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

The CARES Act created a refundable “employee retention credit” as incentive for employers to retain their employees during the 2020 pandemic. Specifically, employers received a credit against their share of the Social Security taxes on “qualified wages” paid to retained workers during 2020.

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: Key Unemployment Provisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

The federal government used the recent new stimulus bill to extend assistance to the COVID unemployed. The programs created to provide new or supplemental unemployment benefits have been extended into March and possibly beyond, and the stimulus bill created additional benefits for some workers.

Labor Department Issues Another Minimum Wage Rule For High-Skilled Workers

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

Apparently undeterred by prior litigation striking it down, the Department of Labor (DOL) has published another rule in the Federal Register raising minimum wages for high-skilled workers.

New Class Of Certificate Of Occupancy Coming Soon To NYC

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

At the end of last year, the New York City Council voted to approve Intro. 2033, legislation which will create a new class of certificate of occupancy: the Interim Certificate of Occupancy (“ICO”). The Department of Buildings is permitted to begin issuing ICOs as early as mid-April.

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