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Businesses

• Should I be working from home? How do I stay safe as a non-essential worker?

  6/9/2020

  Effective 8PM on Monday, March 23, all workers at non-essential businesses in the state shall work from home. The governor is encouraging all businesses to employ, to the maximum extent possible, any telecommuting or work-from-home procedures that they can safely implement.

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• Can I require my employees to stay home if they are sick with COVID-19?

  6/9/2020

  Yes, you can require your employee to stay home. However, you should issue the employee an Unemployment Separation Package.

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• My employer sent me home because I have a fever. Will the CT Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protect my job??

  6/9/2020

  You may be protected if:

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• Is there an alternative to laying off my employees if my business has slowed down as a result of COVID-19?

  6/9/2020

  Yes. The Department of Labor offers a SharedWork program.

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• SAFE STORE Guidelines for retail establishments

  6/9/2020

  How grocers and retailers can ensure the safety of their employees and customers during the Coronavirus crisis

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• My employee has been exposed to a family member who just returned from a Level 3 country. The employee shows no signs or symptoms of COVID-19, but I still want to send them home. Does the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protect their job?

  6/9/2020

  At this time, if the employee’s family member does not have a serious health condition under the FMLA, then their job will not be protected.

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• I have a workers Compensation claim that’s been delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis. How do I get more information?

  6/9/2020

  Executive Order No. 7K, dated March 23, 2020, suspended non-critical operations of the Workers’ Compensation Commission.

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• My small business/nonprofit is struggling with the loss of revenue during the state’s business shutdown. What assistance is available?

  6/9/2020

  The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services has extended the filing deadlines for certain annual tax returns due on or after March 15, 2020, and before June 1, 2020, by at least 30 days.

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• Can I still use my reusable bags at the grocery store, pharmacy, and package store?

  6/9/2020

  Yes, but you may need to bag your own groceries. As of March 26, 2020, at 8:00 p.m., employers may no longer require employees to bag any item in a customer-provided reusable bag

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• I’ve decided to keep my business open during the Coronavirus crisis. But one of my employees elected not to report for work. Am I still required to pay them?

  6/9/2020

  No. For the non-exempt employee, an employer is not required to pay a non-exempt employee for the time in which he or she performs no work.

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