When no one is working, no one needs to get paid leave.
But as the workforce starts returning, smaller businesses — particularly those will less than 50 employees — are starting to feel the impact of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
That law created two new paid leave provisions — the EPSLA and
Memorial Day Weekend, in addition to a time of reflection and observance, is also a time when many of us look at our summer plans and figure out the next three months.
But like many of you, our summer plans have been cancelled. Kids aren’t going to camp. We’re not going on a trip. Even
Lately, I’ve been talking with more employers about permanent reductions in force.
It’s not fun.
And it’s not something I thought we’d be talking about 3 months ago, and yet it’s not foreign to me either.
In fact, I spent several of my earliest posts here on this exact topic.
As I talk with employers
Let the mini-golf begin.
As I noted in an earlier post, Executive Order 7PP allows for outdoor recreation businesses to reopen subject to rules that were to be promulgated by the DECD.
Those rules have now been released and overall, they’re pretty consistent with the rules we’ve seen for offices, outdoor museums/zoos, and outdoor dining
Last night, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 7PP which, for the most part, confirms what many of us have been expecting for the last week or so. As I’ve said before, the first round of reopening businesses remains on track for tomorrow (May 20th) but there have been more tweaks over the last day
If you told me in January that I’d spend a week in May:
After releasing the reopening guidelines for businesses earlier this week, the state has updated its website to include a new online certification that employers must complete before reopening the physical workplace.
You can find the reopening certification here.
As the website indicates:
Business [sic] must self-certify and commit to comply with the Sector Rules
“Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs”.
Sounds like a plan for reopening businesses in Connecticut next week, right?
Well, that quote is from Bruce Willis’s character in one of my favorite movies, Die Hard. It might also be in peril if you are the same age as Bruce Willis
Updated 10:15a, May 9, 2020
Late Friday afternoon, Governor Lamont announced that Phase I reopenings will occur as soon as May 20, 2020. These will include “non-essential” offices that had been closed, restaurants, retail stores and hair salons. Early on Saturday, we also got all the detailed rules that will need to be met to
Have you ever walked into a store, only to have your phone alert you to deals that the store was having? How did it know?
Turns out many phones have Bluetooth Low Energry or BLE, for short. This technology transmits information like a beacon to things like stores or other physical places, but also