Index of COVID-19 Express Requests

Reopening Your Workplace
Reopening Your Workplace: Overviews
Masks/Face Coverings in the Workplace
Tips for Wearing a Mask in Summer
Recalling/Rehiring Employees
When Employees Refuse to Return to Work
Addressing Fears About Returning to the Workplace

Testing | Screening | Diagnosis | Vaccine
Testing Employees for COVID-19
Taking Employee Temperatures
Antibody Testing (or Not)
Responding to Employee's COVID-19 Diagnosis
Contact-Tracing in the Workplace
Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine

Employee Relations
Preventing COVID-19 Related Workplace Violence
Employee Travel Amid the Pandemic
Updating an Employee Handbook for COVID-19
Shadow Pandemic: Rise in Domestic Violence
COVID-19 Liability Waiver Considerations
Encouraging Employees to Take Time Off
Vacation Policy Changes Amid Pandemic
Heat Illness Prevention Amid COVID-19
Accommodating Workers at Higher Risk for Severe Illness
COVID-19 Myth Busters
EEOC Updates Coronavirus-Related Guidance
Communicating with Employees

Remote Workers
Remote Workers' Expense Reimbursement
Virtual Meeting Etiquette
Combatting Zoom Fatigue
Allowing Telework
Engaging Remote Workers
Remote Work & State Tax Issues
Monitoring Remote Workers
Safety for Remote Workers

Talent Acquisition
Form I-9 Flexibility Due to EAD Production Delays
Virtual Onboarding
Preemployment Background Checks During COVID-19
Completing Form I-9 for Remote Workers
Documenting an Expired Driver's License on I-9 and E-Verify
Executive Order Restricts Employment-Based Immigration

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
FFCRA: School Reopening (or Not) Plans
General (Overviews, DOL Resources, More)
IRS FAQs on Tax Credits & Required Documentation
Decision Flow Charts
Valuing Health Plan Costs for Tax Credits

Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act
Overviews of Implications for Employers
Employee Retention Tax Credit
Business & Nonprofit Relief
Employee Benefit Plan Provisions
Paycheck Protection Program (Loan Forgiveness)
Unemployment Expansion & Extension
Potential Relief for Government Contractors
Valuing Health Plan Costs for Tax Credits

Compensation and Benefits
Lost Wages Assistance (Unemployment Benefits)
DOL on Tracking Teleworkers' Hours
Workers' Payroll Tax Deferral
Virtual Benefit Fairs
Health Carrier COVID-19 Premium Credits
COBRA Deadlines Temporarily Extended
Various Benefit Plan Deadline Extensions
Survey Reports: Pay Adjustments Amid COVID-19
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Paid Leave; Enhanced FMLA; More)
USERRA and COVID-19
Reducing Employer's Retirement Plan Contribution/Match
U.S. Wage and Hour Issues
Making Tax-Favored Disaster Relief Payments to Employees
Leave Donation Programs
IRS Relaxes HDHP Rules

Layoffs and Alternatives to Layoffs
Pay Reductions
Shared-Work/Work Share Programs
Layoff Alternatives
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
California EDD Work Sharing Program
Please also see under CARES Act (above):
Employee Retention Credit
Paycheck Protection Program

Essential Businesses and Workers
Essential Business Designation
Essential Workers: Identifying

General
Employer Resource Centers (U.S. and Global)
Preparedness Plan


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