The Year in Essential Workers — 2020 Popular Reads on JD Supra

This is the year of the essential worker — and that includes a steady stream of analysis and commentary covering all aspects of essential work in 2020. For your reference, here's a look at some of the most well-read during the year:

1. Newly Unveiled HEROES Act Includes Grant Program for Employers to Provide Premium Pay to Essential Workers - by Emily Carapella, Michael Lotito, and James Paretti, Jr. at Littler
2. Hazard Pay During COVID-19: New Laws For Essential Workers - by Andrew Parkhurst at McManis Faulkner
3. Paycheck Protection Program Expansion Signed into Law. Is Hazard Pay Next? - by Kelly Sullivan at Obermayer
4. Connecticut Updates Face Mask Rules for Essential Employers - by Carol Faherty, Deborah DeHart Cannavino, and Peter Stein at Epstein Becker & Green
5. New Pennsylvania COVID-19 Grant Program Helps Employers Provide Hazard Pay to Employees in Life-Sustaining Occupations - by Kimberly Gost and Christian Angotti at Littler
6. The Coronavirus Lesson: Drive-Thrus are an “Essential Service” of Fast-Food Restaurants - by Anthony Guardino at Farrell Fritz
7. California Provides COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave to Essential Food Sector Workers - by Lindsay Ryan and Lilian Doan Davis at Polsinelli
8. Governor Cuomo Issues Executive Order Mandating Post-Travel Quarantine - by attorneys at Hodgson Russ
9. North Carolina Considering COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Expansion for Frontline and Essential Workers - by Tony Lathrop at Moore & Van Allen
10. New York City Council Announces Proposed COVID-19 Relief Package For Small Businesses, Essential Workers - by Harris Mufson and Jordan Simon at Proskauer

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