California Voluntary Plan

California Voluntary Plan

Employee Contribution Rate Projected to Increase from 1% to 1.5% Recently, our June 12th newsletter advised of the Employment Development Department’s 2021 forecast for the Disability Insurance (DI) Fund. The employee contribution rate is projected to increase from 1%...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

San Francisco The Board of Supervisors met yesterday and the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance (PHELO) has been tentatively extended an additional 60 days through October 15, 2020. The extension heads to Mayor London Breed’s desk for signature. The Office of...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Federal Court Strikes Down Several FFCRA Provisions Shortly after the Department of Labor issued the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFRCA), the state of New York filed a lawsuit challenging some of the provisions. On August 3rd, the U.S. District Court for...
Canada Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Canada Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

The Larkin Company’s Canada team has been working hard on keeping up to date with the constantly-changing Canada COVID-19 updates.  Click the link below to review Canada’s COVID-19 Leaves of Absence and Income Replacement Benefits updates as of July 31, 2020.  Our...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division It’s been some time since the DOL added to its list of Q&As regarding the FFCRA. Four more were added earlier this week and can be found here. Keep scrolling until you reach question #94. The latest additions speak...