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The COVID-19 outbreak is clobbering restaurants and bars. It’s hard to pay your overhead, let alone make a profit, when you can’t stay open for business. Is there anything that can be done to save your bottom line? Maybe....
Payne & Fears knows that the news is changing every day and that you want continued guidance on employee matters related to COVID-19. While we continue to publish bulletins on new developments, we also know people are...
UPDATED APRIL 1, 2022 On March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) into law. On March 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Coronavirus...
Do you know that most property policies cover businesses, like yours, against lost income from a government-ordered shutdown? To combat the spread of coronavirus, local authorities have begun issuing orders to close...
A Message to Our Clients: We want you to know that our attorneys are here for you. We are staying on top of every change and offering guidance along the way. Our longtime clients know that we pride ourselves on responding...
UPDATED MARCH 27, 2020 As COVID-19 containment efforts expand, a growing number of employers are seeing major disruptions to their operations or reductions in services. Similarly, a growing number of employees are concerned...
Updated Guidance as of March 19, 2020. You are concerned about potentially sick employees in the workplace. One employee is off work sick for a couple of days, and then wants to return to work. Another plans to return...
Many employers have elected to implement a remote work policy in light of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. If you are one of them, you should consider the following as you transition your workforce to a remote working...
UPDATED MARCH 27, 2020 In the wake of the COVID-19 virus, employers of all sizes are facing difficult decisions that need to be made without delay. To this end, we will be providing a series of alerts over the next few days...
How bad will the pandemic get? How much will it spread in the United States? Will we develop a vaccine in time to do any good? As insurance lawyers, we have no idea. But we can help you figure out whether your business is...
Frlekin v. Apple, Inc., — Cal. — (2020) Summary: The time employees spent on Apple’s premises waiting for and undergoing a mandatory exit search of personal belongings was compensable as “hours worked”...
Last week, the Court of Appeal gave a victory to non-contracted providers of emergency medical services. In San Jose Neurospine v. Aetna Health of California, the court rejected Aetna’s position that because the...