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States Offer ACA Spe­cial Enroll­ment Peri­ods Due to Coronavirus

March 23, 2020 by Shae Irving

At least 12 states are allow­ing unin­sured res­i­dents sign up for new health plans under spe­cial enroll­ment peri­ods for the Coro­n­avirus outbreak.

Filed Under: Obamacare (Health Insurance) Tagged With: aca, affordable care act, coronavirus, COVID-19, special enrollment

Paid Sick Leave and Paid Fam­ily Leave Under the Fam­i­lies First Coro­n­avirus Act

March 19, 2020 by Lisa Guerin

Begin­ning in April, the Fam­i­lies First Coro­n­avirus Act makes many more employ­ees eli­gi­ble for paid sick leave and paid time off to care for children.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law Tagged With: coronavirus, employee, employer, sick leave

Paid Sick Leave in the Time of Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 by Lisa Guerin

Many employ­ees who don’t go to work because of the coro­n­avirus won’t get paid sick leave for the days they miss. Some may even lose their jobs. Here’s how the law does and does not pro­tect work­ers in the event of a pub­lic health crisis.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law Tagged With: coronavirus, employee, employer, healthy families act, sick leave, state sick leave laws

Dis­charg­ing Stu­dent Loans in Bank­ruptcy: Some Good News

January 29, 2020 by Shae Irving

Get­ting rid of stu­dent loans in bank­ruptcy is difficult—but recent research shows you’re more likely to suc­ceed now than in the past.

Filed Under: Bankruptcy, Student Loans

Did the SECURE Act Just Change Your Retire­ment Plan?

January 23, 2020 by Liza Hanks

In Decem­ber of 2019, Con­gress passed a law called the SECURE Act, mak­ing big changes to retire­ment and estate planning. 

Filed Under: Inheritance Law Tagged With: estate planning, IRA

States Give Mil­lions of Min­i­mum Wage Work­ers a Raise

January 15, 2020 by Lisa Guerin

In 2020, almost seven mil­lion employ­ees will see their pay increase as a result of 2020 increases in state and local min­i­mum wage rates.

Filed Under: Overtime & Minimum Wage Law Tagged With: employee, employer, state minimum wage

Should You Avoid Abbre­vi­at­ing 2020 on Checks and Legal Documents?

January 7, 2020 by Shae Irving

Many news sources have been cau­tion­ing con­sumers to write out 2020 on checks and legal doc­u­ments this year. What’s the problem?

Filed Under: Democracy

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