National Restaurant Association Daily Coronavirus Update - March 19, 2020
Thursday, March 19, 2020
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Posted by: Lenza Jolley
Congress is looking to pass a broad economic rescue package.
We need your help to ensure relief for restaurants is properly addressed in this package!
Economic forecasts indicate restaurants and the foodservice industry could sustain $225 billion in losses and eliminate 5-7 million jobs over the next three months. By taking action, you can tell your personalized story about how this has negatively impacted you, your employees, and your industry and ask President Trump and Congress for their support of the National Restaurant Association restaurant recovery plan.
This plan provides direct and targeted relief in the form of:
- direct relief from a new restaurant recovery fund
- community grants for disaster relief assistance
- guaranteed loans and business interruption insurance
- lost revenue coverage from the government
- expand access to efficient and affordable loans
- special disaster unemployment assistance for workers
- tax breaks to help your cash flow
- a fix to the QIP tax glitch
- and more
Please take a few moments to make your voice heard in this vital grassroots mobilization effort.
We need Congress to act—and act fast.
Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Implementation Webinar
The President signed into law The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requiring certain employers to provide employees with paid sick or family leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.
These provisions will be administered and enforced by the United States Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and will apply from the effective date through December 31, 2020.
On Friday, March 20, at 10:00am Eastern, the Department of Labor will host a webinar for those impacted by this regulation to provide feedback.
Please consider joining and providing feedback on how this law impacts your business.
- Click here to join the webinar.
- Dial this number for audio access: 888-791-5525; Participant passcode: 6860607
Generally, the FFCRA provides that employees of covered employers are eligible for:
- Two weeks of paid sick time at the employee’s regular rate of pay while the employee is quarantined, self-quarantined, or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and seeking diagnosis; or
- Two weeks of paid sick time at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of paywhile caring for an individual subject to quarantine or self-quarantine, caring for a child whose school or childcare provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19, or experiencing a substantially similar condition as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor; and
- An additional 10 weeks of paid family leave at two-thirds the employee’s regular rate of pay to care for a child whose school or child-care provider is closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19.
Please visit the Department of Labor website for additional information.
Restaurant Coronavirus Resources & Information by State
The Association’s ServSafe Compliance Team has created a comprehensive list of the mandates and directives required in every state, city and county as they relate to restaurants and coronavirus measures.
The list is updated daily as new information comes in. Announcements about closing dining rooms, poster and signage requirements, limiting service to off-premises, and other useful information is included. Check the list regularly to find out how to operate in this new business environment.
On demand and upcoming coronavirus webinars:
Helpful Links:
In addition to the federal social-distancing guidance, many jurisdictions have announced locality-specific guidance. The National Restaurant Association is tracking these announcements, and they can be accessed here.
Always check into the Association's COVID-19 webpage; it remains the best place to find the most up-to-date information.
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