The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented impacts on struggling employers and employees across the U.S. A dramatic spike in unemployment has caused more than 44 million Americans to become newly uninsured, while millions of insured workers have been forced to delay noncritical treatments and...
Google recently announced it will keep employees home until at least July 2021, making it the first major U.S. corporation to formalize an extended policy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision impacts nearly all of the tech giant’s 200,000 full-time and contract employees, and...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, masks are an additional step to help slow the spread of COVID-19 when combined with everyday preventive actions such as frequent handwashing and social distancing. Follow these mask-wearing tips from Johns Hopkins Medicine to get maximum...
On June 23, 2020, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services released answers to this and other frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding COVID-19 services impacted by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and CARES Act. Enacted on March 18, 2020, the FFCRA...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFFCRA) requires covered employers to provide eligible employees with up to two weeks of paid sick leave and up to 12 weeks of expanded family and medical leave to assist employees who are struggling with the repercussions of the...