As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases steadily rises throughout Texas while testing resources remain scarce, Central Texas counties issued “shelter-in-place” orders in an effort to #flattenthecurve.
We’re now in the second week of enforced home quarantine in the Netherlands. So it’s time to set out exactly what can be expected of employers and employees in the current situation.
On March 24, 2020, City of Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin proposed an ordinance to establish a “Shelter in Place Order” for the Alabama city in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
On the heels of a limited “shelter in place” order by the Georgia governor, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a Stay at Home Order requiring all individuals living in the City of Atlanta to stay at home, except for essential purposes.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted employers worldwide. This exceptional situation and measures taken to deal with it have significantly affected business life.
The Alabama Department of Labor has modified its rules to permit certain unemployment claims connected to COVID-19 and temporarily ordered that partial unemployment claims will not be charged to the employer’s account in certain circumstances.
The Georgia Department of Labor, in response to COVID-19, issued an emergency rule on March 16, 2020 related to filing partial unemployment claims, allowing employers to submit partial claims for full and part-time employees who are temporarily laid off.
On March 24, 2020, Collin County, Texas Judge Chris Hill issued the county’s widely anticipated “stay-at-home” order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
