Direct cash grants for self-employed people, worth 80% of average profits, up to £2,500 a month. There are similar wage subsidies for employees.
Government to increase value of universal credit and tax credits by £1,000 a year, as well as widening eligibility for these benefits.
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In an internal memo sent to key workers, Barclays said: "We've been looking at ways we can help manage the unprecedented operational volumes we're seeing at this difficult time – one of those is increasing the overtime hourly rate."
Many things are taking place:
Ex-Blackfeet chairman gets 10 months prison in fraud case - ABC News
BILLINGS, Mont. -- A former Blackfeet Nation chairman who defrauded a tribal Head Start early education program through an overtime pay scheme was sentenced Monday to 10 months in prison and his plea to be spared prison time because of the coronavirus was denied.
U.S. District Judge Brian Morris rejected Willie Sharp's request but issued a more lenient sentence than what was recommended by federal prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors had recommended about two years in prison after Sharp, who is from the town of Browning, admitted to his role in stealing more than $230,000 from the northwestern Montana tribe's Head Start early education program.
Maine bill to increase overtime eligibility draws opposition from business community | Maine |
Overtime pay, temperature checks at Site C - Resources & Agriculture | Business in Vancouver
Crews at Site C working through the COVID-19 pandemic will be on an extended shift rotation with overtime pay, and BC Hydro has instituted stringent new measures for access to the dam site, including mandatory temperature checks of workers.
BC Hydro has significantly cut back construction on the $10.7-billion hydroelectric project due to the pandemic, but has deemed all construction needed to divert the Peace River outside Fort St. John this fall as a critical priority. The river needs to be diverted so the actual building of the 60-metre, kilometre-long earthfill dam structure can begin.
This may worth something:
The FFCRA: DOL Releases Updated Guidance on Exempt Health Care Providers and Emergency Responders
The DOL “encourages employers to be judicious” when determining whether employees meet the definition of “health care providers” or “emergency responders” under the FFCRA in order “to minimize the spread of the virus associated with COVID-19.”
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Under the FFCRA, certain health care providers and emergency responders would be classified as non-exempt from the overtime provisions under the FLSA. While not exhaustive, the following are a few examples of employees who would be entitled to overtime:
Coronavirus: Demand Grows For Better Protections For Grocery Store Employees – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They’re the unsung heroes of the coronavirus crisis — grocery store workers, restaurant employees, and delivery people on the front line every day, risking their health so people can get the food and products they need to survive.
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“This store is 24 hours a day, but we’re working … each employee is working 12 to 14 hours daily just to try to keep the shelves stocked,” Panteloglou told CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez on Tuesday.
Coronavirus roundup: Englewood CEO tests positive, Coors pay bump - BusinessDen
The company said Elder had been working remotely since March 16, following WOW's decision to transition all non-essential positions to work-from-home status.
Elder was named CEO in December 2017. While she recovers, Bill Case, the company's chief information officer, will serve as acting CEO.
As of the end of last year, WOW (formally WideOpenWest Inc.) was the sixth-largest cable operator in the United States ranked by number of customers, according to its website. Its services are available in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee.
'Our members are frontline workers in this crisis.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Some Whole Foods Market employees across the U.S. went on strike Tuesday protesting the lack of protection during the pandemic.
Communications Director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 227, Caitlin Blair said the union represents 25,000 members in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
"Our members are frontline workers in this crisis," Blair said. "What they're doing is heroic by putting their health and safety at risk to serve their communities every day."
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Barclays offers triple overtime pay for staff on coronavirus frontline https://t.co/BvoNsUe4Jb guardian (from London) Tue Mar 31 15:41:48 +0000 2020
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