Feb 2021 boardroom bits: paid leave extended for COVID quarantines jacksonsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jacksonsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gouldsboro selectmen grapple with COVID-19 protocol
GOULDSBORO Should town employees risk losing workers’ compensation benefits if they opt not to be vaccinated and test positive for COVID-19? Must they sign waivers before traveling out of state, and self-quarantine unpaid for 10 days, if they come down with the coronavirus before their return? Should they lose their job or be suspended without pay if they fail to mask and socially distance when away from their workspace after repeated warnings?
These are possible rules, as part of a COVID-19 policy, that the Gouldsboro Board of Selectmen has wrestled with since the federal Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) expired Dec. 31, 2020. Under that law, both part-time and full-time employees catching the virus were entitled to paid emergency sick leave for two weeks and continued health insurance. They qualified for the emergency leave if ordered or advised to self-quarantine due to virus-related concerns or were experienci
Hospitals benefit from Federal Medical Assistance Percentage extension under PHE Moody s predicts that states with the largest increases in Medicaid enrollment will benefit the most from the FMAP extension.
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Moody’s predicts that states with the largest increases in Medicaid enrollment will benefit the most from the FMAP extension.
States and hospitals will likely continue to receive increased federal funding due to the pandemic through the end of 2021, according to a recent letter to governors from the Department of Health and Human Services under the Biden Administration.
The letter states that the current public health emergency caused by COVID-19 will likely last until the end of the year. With that extension, many of the flexibilities provided to states and hospitals at the start of the pandemic will continue.
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