In addition to the CARES Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, unemployment, and tax guidance we have collected the following additional nationwide business resources:
- What federal government agencies are doing in response to COVID-19
- CDC Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers and environmental cleaning guidance
- Online health self-assessment, Providence – telemedicine visit.
Washington COVID-19 Business Resources
In addition to the CARES Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, unemployment, and tax guidance have collected the following additional Washington business resources:
- AWB Resources for Employers
- Impact Calculator for Businesses
- Crisis Planning Tools & Resources for Small Businesses
- Immediate Steps for Retailers
- If your employee has a confirmed case of COVID-19 – contact the WA Department of Health for next steps.
- State of Washington COVID-19 Resource Page
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- Washington Department of Health Workplace and Employer Resources
- Washington Office of the Insurance Commission COVID-19 information
- Washington “Stay home, Stay Healthy”
- Took effect on March 25. Gov Inslee has twice extended the initiative through May 31, 2020.
- The list of essential workers and sectors identified as essential is closely modeled after the federal guidance, and also includes some additional sectors.
- Construction Guidance memo…see our Recovery Plan blog for details about the resumption of low-risk construction in Washington.
- If your business is not listed, or you’re unclear whether it is considered essential, please email or fill out the essential businesses inquiry form online
- Proclamation 20-52 extended long-term care proclamations related to long term care until the COVID-19 State of Emergency or May 9, 2020, whichever occurs first…proclamations 20-06, 20-10, 20-16, 20-17and 20-18.
- Washington Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) announced a limited-time special enrollment period for qualified individuals who are currently without insurance.
- Workers’ Rights. Through June 12 (and potentially longer) employers must:
- use all available options for alternative work assignments to protect high-risk employees, if requested;
- permit any high-risk employee in a situation where an alternative work arrangement is not feasible to use any available employer granted accrued leave or unemployment insurance in any sequence at the discretion of the employee;
- fully maintain all employer-related health insurance benefits, even after an employee’s paid time off is exhausted, until the employee is deemed eligible to return to work;
- not take an adverse employment action against an employee for exercising their rights; and
- not enforce contract provisions that interfere with these prohibitions.
- Notary – Inslee has immediately authorized electronic/remote notarization,with specific conditions outlined in Senate Bill 5641 (originally slated to go into effect Oct. 1, 2020).
- Researchers with the University of Washington School of Medicine are looking for COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma.
Washington Local Resources & Utilities:
- Cities’ Responses:
- Clark County Public Health and business resources page (scroll to the bottom of Clark County’s page for several helpful links)
- Cowlitz County COVID-19 resources page
- Clark PUD
- NW Natural
- City of Vancouver (water/sewer)
- Clark Regional Wastewater District
- Waste Connections
- Cowlitz PUD
Oregon COVID-19 Business Resources
New On May 18, an Oregon court struck down Oregon’s stay home orders as null and void and granted an injunction against further enforcement of them, because the Governor was required to seek the legislature’s concurrence to extend the orders beyond 28 days and did not do so. AT 7:45 PM, in a three-paragraph ruling stayed the lower court’s order. The Oregon Supreme Court gave the plaintiffs until Friday to file any responses and said the court would take the matter under advisement, with no set timetable for a decision.
In addition to the CARES Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, unemployment, and tax guidance we have collected the following additional Oregon business resources:
- Gov Brown issued EO 20-18 on April 19 prohibiting creditors from garnishing CARES Act funds from individuals.
- This order does not apply to a judgment in a criminal action requiring the defendant to pay restitution or a civil judgment against a convicted criminal for damages related to that crime
- The Attorney General may specify additional judgments that may be collected, notwithstanding this order
- Oregon Capital Chatter: A COVID-19 roundup
- If your employee has a confirmed case of COVID-19 – contact the Oregon Health Authority for next steps.
- Oregon’s Stay at Home order
- Governor Brown’s COVID-19 business resources
- Greater Portland Inc. list of resources for Greater Portland businesses.
- Cities’ Responses: