Here are some helpful links to help you get the right information:
Centers of Disease Control
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html
World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Murrieta Corona Virus Information Page
https://www.murrietaca.gov/955/Coronavirus
Temecula Corona Virus Information Page
https://temeculaca.gov/coronavirus
Menifee Corona Virus Information Page
https://cityofmenifee.us/604/Coronavirus-COVID-19
Riverside County
https://rivcoph.org/coronavirus
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From Melissa Melendez – you’ve got employment questions, unemployment questions, family care questions – here’s some answers. Keep in mind this not only changes daily but sometimes hourly:
This is the most up to date information I have relating to resources and employment relating to COVID-19.
State Assistance
Resources for Workers and Employers:
For Workers:
If you’re unable to work due to having or being exposed to COVID-19 (certified
by a medical professional), you can file a Disability Insurance (DI) claim.
Benefit amounts are approximately 60-70 percent of wages (depending on income)
and range from $50-$1,300 a week.
Need to file a disability insurance claim? – https://edd.ca.gov/…/How_to_File_a_DI_Claim_in_SDI_Online.h…
If you’re unable to work because you are caring for an ill or quarantined family
member with COVID-19 (certified by a medical professional), you can file a Paid
Family Leave (PFL) claim.
Need to file a paid family leave claim? – https://edd.ca.gov/…/How_to_File_a_PFL_Claim_in_SDI_Online.…
If your child’s school is closed, and you have to miss work to be there for
them, you may be eligible for Unemployment Insurance benefits. If your employer
has reduced your hours or shut down operations due to COVID-19, you can file an
Unemployment Insurance (UI) claim. UI provides partial wage replacement benefit
payments to workers who lose their job or have their hours reduced, through no
fault of their own. Eligible individuals can receive benefits that range from
$40-$450 per week.
Need to file an unemployed insurance claim? – https://edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Filing_a_Claim.htm
For Employers:
Employers experiencing a slowdown in their businesses or services as a result of the coronavirus impact on the economy may apply for the UI Work Sharing Program. Apply for a Work Sharing plan by completing and mailing the Work Sharing (WS) Unemployment Insurance Plan Application (DE 8686) (PDF) .
Employers planning a closure or major layoffs as a result of the coronavirus can get help through the Rapid Response program. For more information, refer to the Rapid Response Services for Businesses Fact Sheet (DE 87144RRB) (PDF) or contact your local America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM.
Employers experiencing a hardship as a result of COVID-19 may request up to a 60-day extension of time from the EDD to file their state payroll reports and/or deposit state payroll taxes without penalty or interest. A written request for extension must be received within 60 days from the original delinquent date of the payment or return. For questions contact: 1-888-745-3886.
Federal Guidance:
1. Mandate up to 80 hours of sick leave beyond what employers usually provide
“to quarantine or seek a diagnosis or preventive care for
coronavirus” for those at companies with 500 or fewer employees. Mandates
paid leave at a rate of at least two-thirds an employee’s regular rate “to
care for a family member for such purposes or to care for a child whose school
has closed, or child care provider is unavailable, due to the coronavirus.”
2. The bill provides $1 billion for emergency grants to states for activities
related to processing and paying unemployment insurance benefits.
3. The bill provides for a refundable tax credit equal to 100% of qualified
paid sick or family leave wages paid by an employer for each calendar quarter.
The tax credit is allowed against the employer portion of Social Security
taxes. The credit applies to amounts paid to employees who are sick or
quarantined.
4. Self-employed individuals qualify for the refundable credits, too, including
those who must self-isolate, obtain a diagnosis, or comply with a
self-isolation recommendation for coronavirus. As with employees, caps and
limits apply.
EDD.CA.GOV
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Here is some great advise!
I’m an Emergency Physician this is our general advice to the public and our friends
-As a veteran emergency physician, it’s arguably the most complex, multi-faceted challenge Our generation has faced in medicine, and it’s seriousness cannot be underestimated. Schools are closed, trips are cancelled, and the nation is slowly progressing to lock down
1. If you have symptoms that could possibly be corona virus (fever, body aches, nasal congestion, cough), and they are mild, please DO NOT COME TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. There is absolutely nothing I can do to make this better than routine symptom control. I cannot test you as there are not enough tests, and the ones we do have are for the extremely sick. IF YOU ARE OLDER THAN 60, please isolate yourselves to the best of your abilities. This disease seems to have a higher affinity for the older population. YOUR BEST PROTECTION is isolation.
2. IF YOU HAVE SHORTNESS OF BREATH, YOU NEED TO BE EVALUATED IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. The hallmark of this virus is severe lower respiratory (lung) complaints. Shortness of breath could indicate severe disease and needs to be taken seriously.
3. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE REGION (AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY) WILL BE EXTREMELY BUSY AND OVERWHELMED. Please DO NOT come to the emergency department for other minor complaints like strains, low back pain, minor bumps and bruises. If you are not sick prior to coming to the hospital, YOU LIKELY WILL get sick by coming to the hospital.
4. BE PREPARED FOR EXTENSIVE WAITS. Patients with COVID-19 symptoms will be handled differently and evaluated with the strictest of precautions. There will be isolation. There will be doctors, PA’s, NP’s, nurses, and techs who will be in isolation gear as well.
5. IF YOU ARE HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE, or other serious illness, you will be taken care of. There will be risk by being in the hospital.
6. If the evidence from Italy and China (and some of the anecdotal evidence from Seattle and NYC) are correct, this will exponentially get worse. People will die from this. There will be people who we cannot do anything for.
7. PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GOOD HYGIENE HELPS CONTAIN THE VIRUS. Cough into your elbow. Sanitize your hand with purell. Wash them with warm, soapy water for 20-30 seconds multiple times a day.
8. IF YOU CAN WORK FROM HOME, PLEASE DO. The beginning of extensive community spread is here. If the worldwide data is consistent here, the case load will double and double exponentially every day.
9. AVOID ANY GROUP GATHERINGS, RELIGIOUS SERVICES, ETC. Social distancing will be one of the keys to slowing the disease process.
10. PLEASE REMEMBER: Hospital staff will be very overwhelmed at this time. Just because we may seem short at times, it does not mean we are minimizing things. The stress level will be off the charts high. We will be using all our resources and will be stretched thin. Most of us will get sick, and some of us healthcare providers around the nation will die. It’s a very sobering reality.
EVERYONE: Please stay safe during this. We are headed into uncharted waters. Down the road, you may think the quarantines weren’t necessary or the numbers of sick were not what you expected, and that’s the goal. We can bust our asses now to try and contain this. People will always wonder if we did enough to contain, but if it gets out of hand and things fail, we will always know as a society that we didn’t do enough. PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF YOUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. That being said, you do not need to panic. You do not need to stock up on toilet paper. We as a civilization will make it through.
