Paul Sherlock / CC BY-SA Yesterday, a Pennsylvania federal judge issued this 66-page blockbuster decision, in which he concluded, among other things, that Governor Wolf violated the United States Constitution with orders closing “non-life-sustaining” businesses otherwise and directing Pennsylvanians to stay at home. A 66-page opinion does not lend itself to…
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Which states have offered workers the most protections during this COVID-19 pandemic?
Map of USA with state names.svg: Wapcapletderivative work: Pikne / CC BY-SA Hint: It’s not Alabama, which is dead last. By the way, if you’re a little confused about the state map at the top of this blog post, it’s Estonian. We embrace all cultures and national origins here at…
Businesses insisting on negative COVID-19 tests is, like, so three weeks ago.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Public domain The other day, I read this story about a local attorney who appeared in court in person — even though she knew that her young son was at home with COVID-19. Her decision so inflamed the judge that he immediately closed…
Is it ok to use PPP money to buy a Lamborghini Urus and a Rolex? Perhaps not.
Alexander Migl / CC BY-SA A Texas entrepreneur is learning this lesson the hard way. (If only he had read my earlier blog post) On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced here that authorities had taken a Houston, Texas man into custody on allegations that he fraudulently obtained more…
Thinking about having employees sign a COVID-19 waiver 📝? Stop it! ✋🛑
Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay If I had a nickel for every time that someone asked me to draft a waiver for employees to sign to release COVID-19 workplace claims before they get coronavirus. Damn! I could get some of those premium gumballs from the peeling-paint red machines just…
Is PPP new and improved in the new Senate stimulus package? Let’s find out…
image via Peakpx After several days of recording videos, and a few too many comments about my mustache, I’m going to give my index fingers some exercise today for this blog post. Pour yourself a double ☕ with an extra shot of 5-Hour Energy, because we’re talking PPP and Senate…
What the heck is a COVID-19 business liability shield? I’ll explain…
Ponfield / CC BY-SA Based on new legislation introduced yesterday in the Senate, you’d have a better chance of getting through Captain America’s shield than emerging victorious in a lawsuit against a business from which you allegedly contracted COVID-19. I’ll explain why in this video.
The CDC wants you to know these 5 things about COVID-19 tests for employees
U.S. Centers for Disease Control / Public domain Where did this week go? I meant to share with you earlier this resource document from the CDC on employee COVID-19 tests in non-healthcare workplaces. Well, better late than never. The CDC describes strategies for SARS-CoV-2 viral testing for five categories of people: Testing individuals…
The Senate unanimously passed that House PPP reform measure
United States Senate / Public domain I planned to follow up yesterday’s George Floyd post with a rundown of some of the many social media employment casualties featuring workers whose racism was really showing this past week on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Folks, my Google Alerts were pumping…
The CDC now has flowcharts to help businesses reopen. Want to see?
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay About a week ago, there were reports that the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention was about to release this interim guidance to help businesses reopen. But, it never saw the light of day. Late last week, however, the CDC released some flowcharts to…