Workforce Issues

As developments continue to unfold in response to the spread of COVID-19, we know many small businesses have questions about implications in the workplace and funding options to help bolster their businesses during this difficult time. On this page, we are compiling relevant tips and resources such as unemployment, paid family leave, paid sick leave, healthcare and more.

Productivity tools
California

California Department of Rehabilitation

Pathways to Success Project

The Pathways to Sucess Project (PSP) will identify and demonstrate practices, which are supported by evidence, in improving Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) outcomes for eligible individuals with disabilities, including previously served VR participants to advance in high-demand, high-quality careers. The PSP sector-specific teams effectively engage with businesses, utilize work-based learning experiences, internships, apprenticeships, and career-level employment for DOR consumers.

Audience: Employees

Staying safe
National

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Employers can require COVID-19 vaccines and offer incentives

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finally cleared legal questions tied to how employers can increase the country’s vaccination rates. It is legal for companies to require workers to get coronavirus vaccines and companies can also offer unlimited rewards to workers to get vaccinated, as long as the employer doesn’t administer the vaccine.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits

Paid sick days
District of Columbia

D.C. Department of Employment Services

Preguntas frecuentes sobre la Ley de Enfermedad Pagada de D.C.

La acumulación de la licencia por enfermedad pagada es obligatoria en Washington, D.C. Visite el sitio web para consultar las preguntas frecuentes del empleador sobre la licencia por enfermedad pagada.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees

Family medical leave
California

Small Business Majority

Programa de Licencia Familiar Remunerada de California

El programa de Licencia Familiar Remunerada de California (PFL, por sus siglas en inglés) brinda beneficios de reemplazo de salario a los trabajadores que necesitan tomarse un tiempo libre del trabajo para vincularse con un nuevo hijo o para cuidar a un familiar gravemente enfermo.

Este documento está previsto para responder cualquier pregunta que los pequeños empleadores puedan tener sobre el programa PFL de California y sus efectos en los propietarios de pequeñas empresas y sus trabajadores.

Audience: Small Business Owners

Employee relations
National

Conveners.org

Resilience Compass

Resilience Compass se formó en respuesta a la crisis de COVID-19 como un servicio público colaborativo. Este grupo de socios, dirigido por Conveners.org, tiene como objetivo ayudar a las pequeñas empresas, cooperativas y organizaciones sin fines de lucro a navegar tranquilamente por aguas desconocidas mientras aceleran su camino hacia la recuperación.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits

Family medical leave
District of Columbia

D.C. Department of Employment Services

Permiso familiar pagado de DC

La misión de la Oficina de Licencia Familiar Pagada (OPFL) es planificar, desarrollar y administrar un programa de licencia pagada para el Distrito de Columbia bajo las disposiciones de la Ley de Enmienda de Licencia Pagada Universal de 2016.

El 1 de julio de 2020, el Distrito de Columbia comenzó a administrar los beneficios de licencia pagada. Los trabajadores de DC ahora pueden solicitar una licencia familiar remunerada. La Ley de Licencia Pagada establece hasta: 

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed

Paid sick days
California

Small Business Majority

Ley de Licencia Remunerada por Enfermedad de California

La ley de licencia remunerada por enfermedad de California permite a los empleados tomarse un tiempo libre del trabajo para atender su salud o la enfermedad de un miembro de la familia sin perder un cheque de pago.

Este documento está previsto para responder cualquier pregunta que los pequeños empleadores puedan tener sobre la ley de licencia remunerada por enfermedad de California y sus efectos en los propietarios de pequeñas empresas y sus trabajadores.

Audience: Small Business Owners

Family medical leave, Paid sick days
National

U.S. Department of Labor

Family and Medical Leave Act Employer Guide

Since its enactment in 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has served as the cornerstone of the U.S. Department of Labor’s efforts to promote work-life balance. The FMLA has been used more than 100 million times to help workers balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of their families and their own health.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits

Family medical leave, Paid sick days, Staying safe
National

U.S. Department of Labor

COVID-19 and the Family and Medical Leave Act Questions and Answers

The Department of Labor (DOL) has created a questions and answers guide to navigating COVID-19 under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits

Family medical leave, Paid sick days
National

U.S. Department of Labor

Determining Your FFCRA Eligibility

Do the requirements and benefits provided for in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) apply to you? This tool will quickly walk you through a handful of options to determine your eligibility as an employee for paid sick leave or paid expanded family and medical leave, or your obligations as an employer* to provide paid sick leave or paid expanded family and medical leave.


*Employer tool coming soon.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits

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