Along with President Biden’s September 9th announcement that he directed OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring vaccinations for all employers with over 100 employees, he also announced that his administration will require COVID-19 vaccination of staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities. To carry out this requirement, […]
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The President Delivers a Bombshell: Employers with 100 or More Employees Must Mandate Vaccination
on Friday, 10 September 2021 in
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Late afternoon on September 9, 2021, President Biden announced that employers with 100 or more employees that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) will need to require their employees to either be vaccinated or show a negative COVID-19 test result on a weekly […]
ICE Extends Form I-9 Flexibility Policy to the End of 2021
on Tuesday, 7 September 2021 in
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On March 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a “flexibility policy” that allowed some employers to remotely inspect and retain copies of documents for the Form I-9 process on a temporary basis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
The End of the COVID-19 Emergency Response in Nebraska: Income Tax Withholding for Telecommuters
on Tuesday, 3 August 2021 in
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden wave of remote employees, the Nebraska Department of Revenue (NDOR) published emergency FAQs in March of 2020 that waived an employer’s obligation to update the working location of their employees for State income tax withholding purposes. The NDOR guidance applied to […]
Grant Funding Available to Qualified Nebraska Nonprofits Resuming Capital Projects Delayed Due to COVID-19
on Monday, 14 June 2021 in
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On May 20, 2021, the Nebraska Legislature passed Legislative Bill 566 (“LB 566”), also known as the Shovel-Ready Capital Recovery and Investment Act (the “Act”). The purpose of the Act is to provide grants to qualified nonprofit organizations in order to assist with capital projects that 1) have been delayed […]