It seems likely that with people moving more freely, their exposure to COVID-19 will also increase. Would it be prudent for employers to make template spreadsheets for employees to track the names of people they were in contact with during the work day (especially in sales, construction, and office settings)? It would be really nice if the payroll companies included a place where nonexempt employees could add notes like... more »

Rather than providing unemployment to millions of people, provide assistance to the hardest hit cities or counties and only to the most vulnerable populations. We know that the data shows us that primarily people with underlying conditions who are over 50 years old are impacted by the virus. Provide PPE for the rest of the population, including face masks, gloves, hand sanitizer or whatever other protections are needed... more »

Enough is Enough, open our Country! Get back to normality. This virus if would have been let to run its course would be no worse than any other Influenza that has crossed our lines. Stop scaring the people into a state of Paranoia!

Just Stop! Open up the area's that are not already over populated, NY City, California LA Just stop already and let us go back to our lives, nobody can buy time on earth.

Please give clear guidelines to the retail customers to follow - but don't put the burden of enforcing those rules on the businesses. It puts hourly workers and managers in the uncomfortable position of enforcing government guidelines. Workers are burdened with enough right now. Make the police be the enforcers.

Also, please give guidelines to office buildings for capacity for workers moving forward. There have been... more »

Remote Workforce Support Initiative: Incentivize businesses to classify a portion of their workforce (employees and independent contractors) as "remote workforce". This will ensure business continuity and help stabilize businesses and their workforce during and after a pandemic

Business Incentives:

 Reduce regulations and employer liability exposures for this class

 Accelerate tax deductions for any remote workforce... more »

Essential Workforce Support Initiative: Incentivize businesses to classify a portion of their workforce (employees and independent contractors) as "essential workforce". This will ensure business continuity and help stabilize businesses and their workforce during and after a pandemic

Business Incentives:

 Reduce regulations and employer liability exposures for this class

 Reduce Payroll taxes on bonus pay

Workforce... more »

Open things up. It is a personal choice for one's safety. If you personally choose to be safe then stay home and order everything in. Let the rest of us enjoy our life and take our chances. End of story. Tired of being ruled by "educated" morons.

I think we should stay shut down as long as possible. We have lost to many lives already. People are people and most have a hard time with listening due to them letting there emotions get in the way.

We need to listen tour our governor she is doing an amazing job!!! I give her the up most respect !

The government should put together some sort of stimulus package to support the American people While they are staying... more »

NOTE: Most commercial centers would start with our Phase II re-opening plan as Phase I addresses medical referrals.

 

Phased Reopening Guidelines for the Fitness Industry

In an effort to provide guidance to the fitness industry about safety measures and recommendations for operating parameters to maximize employee, patient and member safety these re-opening guidelines and recommendations are made.

It is recommended... more »

My company is a retail business that has been family owned and operated for 70 years. I am the HR Manager and although I am not a family member I take great pride in the business and its presence in our community and would hate to see it fail. That being said, we charged forward and made adjustments constantly as more and more information came out from the CDC and federal and state governments about how to stay safe during... more »

Individual's conception, definition and understanding of Covid-19 plays a crucial factor in the decisions made by employees, business owners, managers, school and government officials. These decisions may vary by references but their perception and how they understand the disease what really matters.

Prior to open up the business, schools, I recommend all business owners, school officials and managers to review and revised... more »

There is a great deal of anxiety regarding the economic impact of keeping businesses shut down. This is understandable for families struggling financially. The reality of reopening businesses is that safety precautions will not be adequately followed. The virus has not been controlled and people are still dying even with safety precautions in place. Until the virus is controlled reopening businesses will be dangerous.... more »

Restaurants should be able to open to 50% by closing every other booth or table, waitresses can stand back while taking orders or tabletop devices can be installed for ordering food and drinks, the server can approach the table with the food on the cart and leave it for the customer to put it on the table. Drink refills and billing can be taken care of in a similar manner.

Our small businesses are suffering greatly due to the shutdown. Their large competitors are allowed to open. If small businesses can employ plans for safety, they also should be allowed to open.

We born in our beautiful country named America were freedom and liberty become our standard of life. Now with the pandemic cove19 we the people have been subject to confine in our home for more than a month. Open American Business shall be our first priority because our economy is down, our standard of living is down and all the signs are similar like a socialist country. We the people have the responsibility to take... more »