Senate lawmakers agreed on April 21, 2020, to inject cash into the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a mechanism for offering forgivable loans to small businesses.
On Monday, April 20, 2020, the president announced a possible temporary suspension of immigration to the United States as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Department of Labor has clarified that gig workers qualify as “unemployed” under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program when they lose a significant amount of business because of COVID-19.
Employers accepting funding under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and bringing employees back onto the active payroll with PPP loan funds are confronting challenging WARN Act compliance issues.
On April 14, 2020, Governor Murphy signed legislation amending the New Jersey Family Leave Act and the Temporary Disability Benefits Law to expand an employee’s permissible reasons to take leave and to receive benefits due to COVID-19.
When the Democrats took control of the General Assembly in addition to the governorship in the November 2019 election, many predicted an expansion of workers’ rights. That prediction was realized with the 2020 Virginia General Assembly session.
On April 13, 2020, OSHA issued guidance to employers in the package delivery industry intended to assist them in reducing the risk of their workers being exposed to COVID-19.
Things have been pretty chaotic and confusing for employers and employees during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Unfortunately, in an effort to help, the City of Los Angeles has unintentionally increased both.
