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How to Protect Your Business Teleconference Meetings
Since face-to-face meetings are out of the question when most non-essential workers are under stay-at-home orders, many companies have opted for the teleconferencing app Zoom....
OSHA Won’t Require COVID-19 Cases to Be Recorded
Federal OSHA announced on April 13 that it won’t be enforcing COVID-19 recordkeeping requirements. The announcement reverses an earlier decision requiring that transmission of the...
Insurers Ordered to Refund Premiums Due to Outbreak
California’s insurance commissioner has ordered insurers doing business in the state to refund some premium payments to policyholders for a number of commercial lines, as...
COVID-19 Emergency Workers’ Compensation Rating Changes on Tap
Emergency rules are being developed to guide workers’ compensation classification and claims for coronavirus-affected employers and their workers in California. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating...
CARES Act Helps Coronavirus-affected Employers, Employees Alike
The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act stimulus law to help American workers and businesses weather the outbreak has a number...
It’s Okay to Screen Workers for Fevers During Outbreak: EEOC
Employers that are still open at this time have been wondering if they may be violating their employees’ rights to medical privacy by scanning their...
CARES Act Boosts Unemployment Benefits for Laid-off, Furloughed Workers
With the sudden eruption of economic calamity, and more than 247 million Americans under stay-at-home orders, some 3.1 million individuals filed for unemployment in the...
Telecommuting Is an Essential Part of a Business Continuity Plan
There are several factors that may lead to a temporary business closure. Bad weather, floods, construction and other incidents can leave a business out of...
New Law Requires COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave, FMLA Benefits
Legislation signed into law by President Trump will extend sick leave benefits for workers who are sickened by the coronavirus, as well as provide for...
The Limits and Gaps in a Business Owner’s Policy
One option available to small businesses seeking an all-encompassing policy that packages property and liability coverage into one is the business owner’s policy ― also...