To say that COVID-19 has shaped the year would be an understatement. COVID-19 will probably shape the decade at the very least. Just as we think we are getting a handle on how to respond, we see a new challenge. As employers, you may experience this phenomenon daily or even more frequently. As I have […]
(When) Do You Have to Pay Employees Quarantined With COVID-19??
You don’t have to pay employees for time they didn’t work, right? So if your employees are out sick, or, let’s say, they are in quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re not working, so you don’t have to pay them, right? But wait a minute, there’s the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), so […]
Are Your Employee’s COVID-19-related Claims Covered Under Workers’ Comp?
What happens if while you are open for business, one or more of your employees contracts COVID-19? What happens if one or more of your employees is exposed to another of your workers that had COVID-19? Is that a work-related illness covered by workers’ comp? Isn’t it a work-related illness? If it is, then the […]
COVID-19: Can You Screen Employees? Can You Require Documentation? What CAN’T You Do?
In the space of 2 weeks, COVID-19 has resulted in new laws, on both the federal and state level. The workplace looks and feels much different, as many are either out of work or working from home. It took a pandemic just to get a federal law that temporarily allows paid sick and limited paid […]
Can Someone Give A Brief Explanation of the FFCRA Benefits and the Tax Credits?? Please???
Whatever else happens in 2020 it’s safe to assume it will forever be remembered as the year of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Despite there being a lot of information out there about the FFCRA, there still seems to be a lot of confusion. In this post, I endeavor to provide some clarity with relatively brief overviews […]