Personnel questions related to COVID-19

There has been—and will continue to be—a frenetic level of legislative activity as Congress, state and local officials grapple with the employment fallout of COVID-19.  Churches and nonprofits, often excluded from legislative requirements, are being included this time around. There are several excellent articles this week in Church Law & Tax, one of the subscriptions we use that you may want to check out.

Churches & nonprofits must now provide paid sick and family leave to employees who are unable to work due to certain absences related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.  However, additional legislation is designed to help you cover the cost of this leave.

What about unemployment? Most churches are exempt while nonprofits are a mixed bag.  Even if you are exempt, however, you may want to consider ways to assist employees that you have to let go in this time; this article explores a number of options to do just that.

Stay safe.