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Yearly Archives: 2021

Starting now, many, but not all, local government employees are eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations.  In an earlier blog post, I outlined North Carolina’s vaccination priority plan. The state has made changes to the plan to align it more closely with the Centers for Disease Control’s recommendations and with the realities of vaccine availability.

Starting now, many, but not all, local government employees are eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations.  In an earlier blog post, I outlined North Carolina’s vaccination priority plan. The state has made changes to the plan to align it more closely with the Centers for Disease Control’s recommendations and with the realities of vaccine availability.

I’ve written several blog posts about how the pandemic might affect local taxes (here, here, here, and here), focusing mostly on negative economic news.  But there is at least one positive economic development from the pandemic that will impact property … Read more

On December 20, 2020, I published the Coates Canons blog post May a Public Employer Require Vaccination Against COVID-19? Toward the end of the post, I outlined the priority phases of North Carolina’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, highlighting where public employees likely fell. Subsequently, in response to new guidance from the CDC, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) revised its vaccine prioritization plan and I updated that post on January 4.

On December 20, 2020, I published the Coates Canons blog post May a Public Employer Require Vaccination Against COVID-19? Toward the end of the post, I outlined the priority phases of North Carolina’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, highlighting where public employees likely fell. Subsequently, in response to new guidance from the CDC, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) revised its vaccine prioritization plan and I updated that post on January 4.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, commonly called the stimulus bill and signed into law on December 27, 2020, let the leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) expire.  No longer are employers obligated by law to grant employees 80 hours of paid sick leave for COVID-19 related reasons (emergency paid sick leave or EPSL) and up to 12 weeks of paid FMLA leave (emergency Family and Medical Leav

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, commonly called the stimulus bill and signed into law on December 27, 2020, let the leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) expire.  No longer are employers obligated by law to grant employees 80 hours of paid sick leave for COVID-19 related reasons (emergency paid sick leave or EPSL) and up to 12 weeks of paid FMLA leave (emergency Family and Medical Leav