Comments on: What’s in the House Coronavirus Relief Bill for Small Businesses

By: jdgalt

jdgalt — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:12:46 +0000

Small business people have it hard enough already. If government is going to mandate that they close, and/or that their employees keep getting paid while furloughed, then the taxpayers should pay both the employers and employees.

And I hope they won’t make the mistake of shutting down services like food delivery that will be more useful than ever with so many people staying home.

By: MariaRose

MariaRose — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:30:49 +0000

This article explains why the large companies of retail non-essential businesses ( like Gamestop) don’t want to close down or limit how customers roam their individual stores because they aren’t getting a tax break to close stores to protect their employees. Hopefully no one here is in a hot zone yet but the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area will soon be under mandated quarantine and those companies will have to enforce the isolation procedures.

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:10:46 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth West. The vast majority of those large corporations already have paid sick leave, for which they already receive a tax break.

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:09:37 +0000

In reply to Cecilia Ochoa. The first 14 days is unpaid. However, the employee can substitute accrued paid leave during that time period.

By: Elizabeth West

Elizabeth West — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:10:11 +0000

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Big Pharma, et al do NOT need a tax break. They pay no tax as it is. They have more than enough to cover their employees.

By: Cecilia Ochoa

Cecilia Ochoa — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:44:25 +0000

I am confused with the bill; If I understand it correctly the bill provided paid leave after the first 14 days. Then is also provides 80 hours of paid sick leave.
So 80 hours of paid sick leave should be paid for the first 14 days at the employees regular rate of pay? After the 80 hours are exhausted the employees goes on FMLA? and gets paid for 14 days at no less than two thirds of employee regular rate?
Or should the employee be placed on FMLA at the beginning of the sick days?