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  • On June 15, 2020

Federal Government Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers 
  •  COVID-19 webpage
  • What Rail Transit Operators Need to Know About COVID-19
  • What Transit Maintenance Workers Need to Know About COVID-19
  • Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
  •  Workplace Decision Tree
  •  FAQs for Businesses

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

  •  Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
  •  Ten Steps All Workplaces Can Take to Reduce Risk of Exposure to Coronavirus
  • OSHA’s COVID-19 webpage
  • Worker Exposure Risk to COVID-19
  •  Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • OSHA Fact Sheet: Protecting Workers During a Pandemic
  •  OSHA’s COVID-19 Hazard Recognition
  •  Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer’s Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
  •  Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan

Department of Labor (DOL)

  • DOL’s Coronavirus Resources

Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

  •  WHD Coronavirus Resources page
  • COVID-19 and the American Workplace
  • FFCRA Poster
  • Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers
  •  Temporary Rule—effective April 2, 2020

Department of Labor: Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

  • WARN Act Frequently Asked Questions
  •  Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 24-20

Department of Transportation

  • Guidance on Compliance with Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations

Federal Railroad Administration

  • Safety Advisory 2020-01: Safety Precautions Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information from the FRA
  • FRA Position on the Reportability of COVID-19 Employee Illnesses Under 49 CFR Part 225
  • Response to Comments in FRA-2020-0002 from Labor Organizations

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

  • What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws
  • Coronavirus and COVID-19 page
  •  YouTube Webinar, COVID-19 “Ask the EEOC” and Transcript of March 27, 2020 Outreach Webinar
  • Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

  •  Plan to Implement Coronavirus-Related Paid Leave for Workers and Tax Credits for Small and Midsize Businesses to Swiftly Recover The Cost of Providing Coronavirus-Related Leave
  •  Coronavirus Tax Relief page
  • Form 7200 and Instructions for Form 7200
  • Notice 2020-21
  •  Treasury and IRS Release FAQs to Help Small and Midsize Businesses Navigate Paid and Sick Family Leave Tax Credits
  • New Employee Retention Credit helps employers keep employees on payroll
  • FAQs: Employee Retention Credit under the CARES Act
  •  IRS Guidance page

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)

  •  News Release Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
  •  Unemployment and Sickness Benefit Flexibilities Under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) during the COVID-19 Virus Outbreak
  •  Interim Final Rule—effective April 3, 2020
 
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