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Avoid Burnout While Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Working from home getting you down? Fortunately, there are steps you can take to reduce your stress, and your risk of burnout, while you work from home. Here are nine simple tips to try.
Staying Safe While Running Essential Errands During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As communities across the U.S. take steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting close contact, we’re facing new challenges and questions about how to meet basic household needs, such as buying groceries and medicine, getting gas and banking. Here’s advice about how to meet these household needs in a safe and healthy manner.
Top 10 Questions from Household Employers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We’re answering some popular household employer questions to help provide insights and guidance on tax credits available to you, paid benefits for your nanny, and how to manage your employee during this time. We hope to bring some clarity around household employment, give you some confidence, and help you make smart decisions.
A Complete Guide to Unemployment Benefits under the CARES Act
The CARES Act provides federal funding to expand unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s everything that household employers and their workers need to know including who qualifies, how long benefits will last, and how to get the extra $600/week in benefits.
7 Ways to Reduce Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
While we practice social distancing to protect our physical health, we can also take steps to bolster our mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quarantine, Isolation and Stay at Home Orders: What These Terms Mean and Why They’re Different
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought us a new vocabulary with terms like quarantine, isolation, stay at home, and more now becoming part of our everyday language. Each of these terms has a specific – and often legal – meaning. However, they’re often interchanged, which can cause confusion. Here’s why it’s important to know the differences.
Download a Paid Sick Leave Request Form to Comply with FFCRA Documentation Requirement
Employees who wish to take paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act must provide documentation. Download a request form to comply with this requirement.
Household Employers are Ineligible for SBA Paycheck Protection Loans
To help keep businesses afloat and workers under the wing of their employers so the economy can quickly restart after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, the recently enacted CARES Act stimulus package created a $367 billion federally guaranteed loan program administered...
Expanded Unemployment Benefits Available to Nannies and Other Household Employees
The recently passed CARES Act expanded unemployment insurance coverage to eligible individuals for a number of reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Legally paid nannies and other household employees could apply for extended benefits if they qualify.
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