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President Joe Biden has signed dozens of executive orders preventing discrimination, enforcing worker health and safety requirements, providing guidance for minimizing the spread of COVID-19, raising the minimum wage, and speaking to reopening schools. It is important employers take the executive orders into consideration as penalties may occur if the organization is not in compliance with federal laws.

The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) is an employer-friendly provision of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act). The credit was designed to benefit employers who retained employees during the pandemic.

On Friday, March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) initiated a national emphasis program (NEP) to ensure that workers in certain high-risk industries receive the necessary protections from Coronavirus Transmission while at work.

LandrumHR places high priority on business continuity and disaster planning so that when crisis strikes, we’re ready.

OSHA recently established a new set of guidelines to reduce the spread of coronavirus in the workplace. This guidance addresses how to create an effective program for reducing the spread of coronavirus at work.