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The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to evolve, causing disruption and volatility to businesses, families, governments, educational pursuits, and economies worldwide. We know that business clients face unprecedented challenges with respect to essential operating concerns, long-term risk assessment, and complex employee health and safety issues. Personal services clients are impacted by health, economical, educational, childcare, and related concerns. To increase our value and improve client outreach, Wilentz has activated the Wilentz Coronovirus Legal Response Team & Resource Center. As the pandemic endures, it requires unprecedented adaptation to every area of life, and we continue to update our resources to meet our clients’ needs, as Wilentz has done for 100 years.
Our multidisciplinary legal response team is working with clients to withstand the impact on their businesses and to guide their efforts to reopen, restore, and prosper. In addition, we are tracking legal developments and sharing topical information and our latest thinking through this Resource Center.
Alerts & Publications
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Sep 29 2020Employers May Defer Payment of Social Security Tax Until 2021 for Select Employees In order to provide Americans economic relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump signed an executive order that provides an option for employers to defer the payment of an employee’s share of s…
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Sep 21 2020Department of Labor Updates FFCRA to Only Exclude Certain Healthcare Sector Employees On September 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a revised definition of healthcare provider, excluding certain jobs within healthcare practices. The updated definition no longer includes: all employe…
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Sep 16 2020Real Estate Developers Beware! Permit Extension Act of 2020 Not Automatic: Register by October 8th On July 1, 2020, Governor Murphy signed the Permit Extension Act of 2020, P.L. 2020, c. 53, codified as N.J.S.A. 40:55D-136.7, et seq., in order to give real estate developers, including homebuilders and commer…
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Aug 12 2020New York Employers Adapt to New Sick Leave Law Pursuant to a new sick leave law in New York State, an employer must provide employees with paid or unpaid sick leave accrual starting on September 30, 2020. Under the new law, the amount of sick leave in New Y…
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Aug 11 2020New Jersey Guidance for Business Owners Seeking to Re-Open During the Pandemic New Jersey has published re-opening requirements and restrictions for business owners who seek to resume operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The FAQ page outlining the requirements and restrictions may be …
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Jul 21 2020Department of Health and Human Services Extends Application Deadlines for Medicaid, CHIP and Dental Distributions The application deadline for submissions by healthcare practitioners for Provider Relief Funds under the CARES Act for Medicaid, CHIP and dental providers has been extended by the Department of Health and Human…
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