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Important Notice: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act and What It Means to You As reported by Inc., President Trump last night signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), a bill intended to address the economic impacts of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The bill is to go into effect 15 days after being signed.... The FFCRA covers companies with up to 500 employees. According to the National Law Review, the bill requires employers to provide paid sick time to any COVID-19-affected employee who is unable to work or telework for any of the following reasons: The employee is subject to a federal, state, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19. The employee has been advised by a health-care provider to self-quarantine because of concerns related to COVID-19. The employee is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking medical diagnosis. The employee is caring for an individual who is subject to a federal, state, or local quarantine order or has been advised to self-quarantine because of concerns related to COVID-19. The employee is caring for the employee’s son or daughter, if the child’s school or child-care facility has been closed or the child’s care provider is unavailable because of COVID-19 precautions. The employee is experiencing any other substantially similar condition specified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Labor. According to the Inc. analysis, under the FFCRA: Employees who are on sick leave because they are sick can receive their full payup to $511 per dayor $5,110 total. The leave is unpaid under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Employees who are on sick leave to care for a son or daughter whose school or child-care facility has closed can receive two-thirds of their regular rate of payup to $200 per dayor $10,000 total. Employees cannot be forced by their employer to use vacation or other sick time before receiving this benefit. There is a waiting period of 10 days before this benefit applies. Employees can use existing sick or vacation time to cover those days. Employers, meanwhile, receive tax credits for 100 percent of what they pay to employees under the FFCRA. Employers with 50 or fewer employees can be exempted from these requirements by the U.S. Secretary of Labor, while employers with fewer than 25 employees are not required to restore employees to their previous positions.

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CRISIS MANAGEMENT Lead Your Business Through the Coronavirus Crisis by Martin Reeves , Nikolaus Lang and Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak The Covid-19 crisis has now reached a new critical phase where public health systems need to act decisively to contain the growth in new epicenters outside China....Continue reading

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California’s Prevailing Wage Law requires contractors to pay specific wage rates on public works projects. The rates are published by the State’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The published rates include many different prevailing wage rates, which are based on the geographic location and the type of work that is performed. The rates are organized and published by the DIR in General Prevailing Wage Determinations, which set forth the rates for worker classificati...ons (e.g., Laborer, Carpenter, Plumber, Operator). The specific rates applicable for each craft, classification, or type of work, and for each geographic locality throughout the state, can be located on the DIR website at dir.ca.gov Understanding how to read a General Determination is important to understanding the required rate. Call EBAC 559-323-5900 for Answers to your Prevailing Wage Questions or visit https://www.ebacsolutions.com/

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The Problem Faced by Contractors: Every successful contractor experiences the cost and administrative headaches of providing employee benefits. When performing work on City, State, or Federally funded projects the complexities are compounded. As you know, a contractor must pay pension and Health & Welfare in addition to the base wage on prevailing wage projects. How a contractor chooses to pay the fringes can make an unbelievable and game-changing difference. Staying compli...ant with the difficult and involved fringe accounting and working strictly with insurance brokers for your fringe benefits can be extremely frustrating. Steep fines and penalties are levied by the DOL, DIR, and IRS for mistakes, and tremendous amounts of time and money can be spent fighting the all too common union attacks which also delay project payment. https://www.ebacsolutions.com/the-problemsolution.html

The City of Porterville has identified Fire Captain Ramon Ray Figueroa, 35 years old, as the firefighter who was killed in the City of Porterville Library Fir...e. Captain Figueroa started his career with Porterville City in 2007. Additionally, Firefighter Patrick Jones, 25 years old, has been confirmed as still unaccounted for. Firefighter Jones started his career with Porterville City Fire Department in 2017. The Porterville Police Department was able to determine that this fire was intentionally set by two thirteen year old Porterville residents. Investigators have located the two juveniles who have been booked into the Tulare County Juvenile Detention facility on the above listed charges. Because this is an active investigation involving juveniles, no further information is being released at this time. Further information regarding this tragic incident will be provided at a later time, including additional details regarding Captain Figueroa’s and Firefighter Patrick Jones employment with the City of Porterville Fire Department. For further Media inquiries, please contact Incident Information Officer Joanne Bear at (559) 624-0628