Due to the Covid-19 relief bill and other unemployment compensation laws, company requirements have changed. Are you aware of all the federal and state changes and your company responsibilities? The federal laws sound and look like alphabet soup: FFCFA, FMLA, PPP, FEMA, and CARES. And don’t forget the new Covid relief bill. Join small business [...]
Business/Economy Seeking workers’ comp after a life-threatening case of COVID-19? Here are some things to consider. Author: Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace Update, Tuesday, Dec. 15: Columnist note: After writing the above article, I learned that Alaska’s SB 241 states that “an employee who contracts the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is conclusively presumed to have contracted an occupational [...]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_3jS9wd9w Frequently, I get calls from business owners & operators, & consumers, asking about how to select an attorney for either litigation, a transaction or counsel. Moreover, I get a lot of inquiries from current or prospective clients asking for referrals to other attorneys. Here's the general advice I give them: Get referrals from people [...]
South Korea's news service Arirang interviewed me on live TV, 9/8/20, for the 2nd time this year on the pandemic & employment in the international & U.S labor markets. I'm on a panel with Sye-ryun Song, Professor, Kyung Hee University Law School & Young June CHOE, Professor, Hallym University College of Medicine. Our segment is [...]
September 1, 2020 Anticipating the Unemployment Punch By Daniel P. Smith; 9/1/20 With pizzerias forced to lay off staff amid COVID-19, employer tax rates likely to jump. Over a three-week run spanning mid-March to early April, nearly 17 million Americans filed for unemployment – and it’s no secret the restaurant industry, home to some 15.6 [...]
