• What's happening in our divisions;
• How we're working to keep essential employees working on location safe & healthy, and how non-essential employees are adjusting to working from home;
• Donohoe HR and government policies to help employees during this crisis;
• How you, Team Donohoe, can help one another.

• Individuals who earned an adjusted gross income of $75,000 or less ($150,000 for married filing jointly) will receive $1,200 for each adult + $500 per child under 16.
• Individuals who earned an adjusted gross income of $75,001-$99,000 ($198,000 for married filing jointly) will still receive a relief check, but the amount will be reduced.

• Delay filing your 2019 tax return (the filing deadline was extended to July 15, 2020) if you have not yet filed your 2019 taxes AND you earned more than the max limit in 2019, but earned less than the max limit in 2018. For example, if your individual AGI was $80,000 for 2019 and was $70,000 for 2018, delay filing your 2019 taxes so that your 2018 tax return is used to meet the Relief Check requirements.

• File your 2019 taxes now if your income was reduced from 2018 to 2019 so that it meets the max limit. For example, if your individual AGI was $80,000 for 2018 and was $70,000 for 2019, file your 2019 taxes now so that your 2019 tax return is used to meet the Relief Check requirements.

• File your 2019 taxes now if you didn’t file for previous years.

• You may still be able to receive a relief check when you file your 2020 taxes if you have made more than the max limits in 2019, but you expect to make less in 2020.

• Eligibility is expanded to include part-time workers.

• Eligibility is also expanded to cover those unable to work due to the coronavirus outbreak.

• Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC): The unemployment eligibility period is now extended by an additional 13 weeks (for up to a total of 39 weeks). This will be automatically updated if you qualify for unemployment or are currently receiving unemployment benefits, and once state unemployment website’s technical systems have been updated.

• Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC): Individuals receiving unemployment will receive an increased benefit of $600 per week from the federal government in addition to regular state benefits (for example, whether you are eligible for $5 or $300 of state unemployment benefits, on top of that, you’ll receive the $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) per week). This expanded benefit will be available for up to 16 weeks/four months, effective March 29, 2020 until July 31, 2020. This will be automatically updated if you qualify for unemployment or are currently receiving unemployment benefits, and once state unemployment website’s technical systems have been updated.

• Coronavirus Related Distribution (CRD): Those affected by the coronavirus can take out a hardship withdrawal of up to $100,000 out of your 401(k) and you have three years to put it back into your 401(k) without penalty or tax. Empower will waive all fees. (However, you will owe income tax on whatever partial amount is not put back into your 401(k) account within three years.)

• 401(k) Loan limits increased: Those affected by the coronavirus may opt to take out a loan against your 401(k) instead of making a 401(k) hardship withdrawal. The loan limit has been raised to the smaller of $100,000 or up to the full amount vested. Empower will waive all associated fees.

• Required minimum distributions are waived for 2020: Applies to everyone, even if not affected by the coronavirus. If you don’t need to make the distribution, this can save you on taxes.

• Student loan and interest payments will be deferred without penalty through September 30, 2020 for all federally-owned student loans.

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) can now be used to purchase:

1. Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs without a prescription.
2. Certain menstrual care products, such as tampons and pads.