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COVID-19 GETS NOTICED

As reported in “Federal Coronavirus Workplace Relief,” the March 18Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)contains two nationwide employee leave laws,the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (PSL Act)and theEmergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLA). In essence and applicable to businesses with fewer than 500 employees:

UNEMPLOYMENT GOES VIRAL

The Coronavirus crisis has forced many employers to reduce or eliminate their work force for the foreseeable future.

COVID-19 SAFETY NETS

On March 27, 2020, President Trump approved The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES Act), a $2 trillion relief package intended to protect small business from the economic impacts of...

WORKPLACE SAFETY NETS

The evolving COVID-19 crisis is driving many employers to the difficult decisions of reducing hours or laying off employees.

WHEN THE SHOW MUST GO ON

As of April 7,all but five states (the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Arkansas) have some form of COVID-19 “safer at home” orders in place. For those businesses permitted or directed to stay open as par...

OLDER FOLKS ARE PEOPLE TOO

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC)June 17 update of COVID-related guidelines (June 17 Update)offers first-time protocols for the management of aged 65-plus workers in pandemic t...

COVID’S CONSTANT? … CHANGE

TheAmericans with Disabilities Act(ADA) includes an employee’s right to maintain the privacy of his or her medical information notwithstanding any ailment that might limit that person’s ability to per...

WORKER COVID VACCINATIONS

The federalEqual Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC) has againexpanded its pandemic guidelinesto address the effect of theAmericans with Disabilities Act(ADA) and other workplace anti-discriminati...

CLOSED FOR BUSINESS, SORT OF

On May 4, Mayor Eric Garcettiextended Los Angeles’s strict pandemic-driven health directiveto May 15,signaling a gradual easing of restrictions from thereif and as conditions warrant. It has been a r...