Many servers, baristas, and bartenders have already been laid off. Now they’re looking to the government for help. By Gaby Del | Mar 24, 2020, 7:10am EDT As the coronavirus spreads to more and more cities in the US, restaurants across the country are scaling back their services — or shutting their doors altogether — […]
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By Kevin Smith | March 24, 2020 Scores of “nonessential” California businesses have been ordered to shut their doors as the state works to curb the coronavirus pandemic, but some are flouting those orders and choosing to remain open. The Music Lab, a Yorba Linda business that offers music lessons, band rentals and instrument sales,
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Reader rancor over minimum wage from bothersome to infuriating By Scott T. Holland | March 23, 2020 Last March I used this space to examine the spending power of someone working 40 hours per week on what then was the state’s minimum wage of $8.25 per hour. It’s now $9.25 and will be $10 as
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cda.org | March 23, 2020 Pay for emergency paid sick leave If an employee uses emergency paid sick leave to care for themselves for reasons 1, 2 or 3 listed above, employers must pay the employee their regular compensation up to a maximum of $511 per day or $5,110 in the aggregate. If an employee
By Howard Fischer Capital Media Services March 23, 2020 PHOENIX — Arizonans displaced from employment due to COVID-19 will be getting some financial relief. In an executive order Friday, Gov. Doug Ducey agreed to waive certain existing requirements for those who want unemployment insurance. That includes having to wait a week before getting the first
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