On this morning’s call
with the Governor’s Office, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported that the latest unemployment claims will be significant.
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Rob Asara-Angelo will be featured in a BioNJ webinar from 8:00-9:30 a.m. tomorrow on related topics. Please see details and a registration link
here
.
NJEDA reported that the Small Business grant program is oversubscribed with 31K applications. The Loan program application was issued on Monday, April 6 and officially goes live on Monday, April 13 at 9 a.m. and is expected to be oversubscribed.
Click here
for the application and details.
The
Eligibility Wizard
remains live and applicants are encouraged to walk through that to see if you are eligible before applying.
The State
continues to welcome financial and PPE supplies donations from companies.
Three Executive Orders were issued today. They are as follows:
- Postponement of June 2 Primary Elections – Elections on Tuesday, June 2 have been postponed to Tuesday, July 7 in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This includes primaries for President, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, the 25th District of the New Jersey Legislature, and county and municipal elections, as well as county committee elections. Click here for Executive Order 120.
- Construction – The intent of this EO is to keep workers safe. It will outline essential and non-essential construction projects. Some will have to be addressed on a case-by-case basis. If the construction project is for the manufacturing of PPE or essential business, they will likely be allowed. For any questions, please send a note to BioNJ@BioNJ.org and we will make sure to get it to the Governor’s Office.
- Business practices at retail – This EO will provide guidelines for essential retail, limiting occupancy to 50% of established maximum of a retail establishment. Also it encourages higher level of infection control and sanitation, such as making sure employees understand proper disposal of garbage, tissues, etc. as well as cleaning of credit card machines, etc.
The Governor’s Office stressed that there is
not
a food shortage. Lines outside grocery stores are due to limiting the number of people in the store vs. running out of food.
Click here
for today's Coronavirus press briefing with Governor Murphy.
As always please call on BioNJ if we can be of assistance by emailing
BioNJ@BioNJ.org
.
