Important Resources from LGT

New York Businesses:

• “Essential Businesses” guidance: https://esd.ny.gov/
• Executive Orders: www.governor.ny.gov/keywords/executive-order
• Paid Sick Leave info-graph: https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/COVID_Sick_Leave_Employers_3-18-20_1.pdf
• Paid Family Leave: https://paidfamilyleave.ny.gov/employers
• Unemployment: https://labor.ny.gov/unemploymentassistance.shtm
• Shared Work Program (potential alternative to layoffs): https://www.labor.ny.gov/ui/employerinfo/shared-work-program.shtm

Federal “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” – this includes Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency FMLA:

• Department of Labor guidance: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employer-paid-leave; https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic
• Department of Labor Poster – to be posted at workplace and circulated to employees: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/posters/FFCRA_Poster_WH1422_Non-Federal.pdf
• Information on the tax credits: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/treasury-irs-and-labor-announce-plan-to-implement-coronavirus-related-paid-leave-for-workers-and-tax-credits-for-small-and-midsize-businesses-to-swiftly-recover-the-cost-of-providing-coronavirus

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification – “WARN”:

• New York: https://labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/factsheets/PDFs/p483.pdf;     https://labor.ny.gov/workforcenypartners/warn/warnportal.shtm
• Federal: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/Layoff/pdfs/_EmployerWARN2003.pdf

Small Business Administration Disaster Relief Loan:

• General information: https://www.sba.gov/disaster-assistance/coronavirus-covid-19#section-header-1

The Attorneys at Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP are available to provide advice and counsel concerning employment matters related to COVID-19.