News Digest :: March 21, 2020
Coronavirus Gov. Tom Wolf amends shutdown order, delays enforcement until Monday https://www.readingeagle.com/news/local/gov-tom-wolf-amends-shutdown-order-delays-enforcement-until-monday/article_2730aed2-6ab7-11ea-b45b-bf2ee5829204.html Wolf retrenches sweeping...News Digest :: March 20, 2020
Coronavirus As coronavirus cases increase rapidly, Pa. businesses must close unless they’re ‘life-sustaining’; officials give dire warnings...News Digest :: March 19, 2020
Coronavirus Health department confirms Pennsylvania’s first COVID-19 death https://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2020/03/18/coronavirus-first-COVID-19-death-Pennsylvania-Northampton-county-pa/stories/202003180144 Coronavirus cases increase at ‘exponential pace’ as...Require business interruption insurance to cover COVID-19 related business closures
| Posted: | March 19, 2020 02:46 PM |
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| From: | Senator Vincent J. Hughes |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Temporary change for Business Interruption Insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic |
In the near future I plan on introducing legislation to address the concerns around business interruption insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic set in, it has come to my attention that a provision included in many business insurance policies prohibit payments on claims if a loss is to do an outbreak during a public health emergency.
This provision has potential to harm businesses which are already facing uncertain times.
Session Proceedings :: March 18, 2020
News Digest :: March 18, 2020
Coronavirus Pennsylvania to open virus testing sites; job losses spike https://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2020/03/17/Pennsylvania-to-open-virus-testing-sites-job-losses-spike/stories/202003170175 Coronavirus cases accelerate in Pennsylvania, jump to 96 with...Sen. Fontana Endorses American Working Family Relief Plan
Pittsburgh, March 18, 2020 – State Sen. Wayne Fontana today endorsed policies and legislation that would help protect workers during and after the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The “American Working Family Relief Action Plan” addresses practices for...Emergency expansion of FMLA
| Posted: | March 17, 2020 03:16 PM |
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| From: | Senator Lawrence M. Farnese, Jr. |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Emergency expansion of FMLA |
As protective measures are implemented statewide to protect our constituents from Covid-19 we must also act to protect them from economic fallout as a result of this crisis.
Hopefully, congress will soon pass relief legislation, but the proposed Families First Coronavirus Response Act leaves several holes which my legislation will fill, including the following provisions:
- Emergency paid sick leave for all employees not covered by the federal bill.
- Extending paid sick leave for an additional 4 days to cover the full two-week quarantine period as the federal bill only covers 10 days.