June 1, 2020
EGS can assist you in preparing to reopen your business by providing you with materials to help you ensure compliance with the many local, state and federal guidelines implemented to stop the spread of COVID-19. Your business has a duty to keep the workplace as safe as possible for your employees as well as your clients and customers, and EGS is prepared to help you navigate the specific requirements applicable to your business, which vary depending on your industry, location and size.
EGS can provide your business with the following materials for a fixed flat-fee so you may begin to take the necessary steps to reopen your business:
- Comprehensive Reopening Memorandum addressing your obligations and providing guidelines to follow, including health and safety protocols, compensation and time off considerations, and recommended best practices specific to your industry, location and size;
- Employee COVID-19 Health & Safety Policy to provide to your employees;
- Employee Health Screening Script for use by your management team in conducting pre-workday employee COVID-19 health screenings, complete with a form for recording whether an employee was permitted to work or sent home based on the results of their health screening;
- Comprehensive Rehire Memorandum addressing all documents legally necessary to onboard previously laid-off employees, with an accompanying “new hire/rehire packet” containing all relevant documents;
- For employers with fewer than 500 employees, Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency FMLA policies and FFCRA Time Off Request Form; and
- New York COVID-19 Quarantine Leave Policy; or other similar state or local COVID-19 leave policy.
Pricing Information
The flat-fee for this package is $1,750 for existing clients with operations in one City/County ("location"), plus $750 for each additional location, and $2,000 for new clients with operations in one location, plus $900 for each additional location. Should any of these materials be unnecessary for your business, we will gladly discuss an appropriate fee with you. Additionally, the price includes one update based on future legal guidance and 30 minutes of advice/counsel pertaining to these materials. Further updates, customization or additional advice/counsel will be billed on an agreed-upon basis.
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These materials and the corresponding advice and counsel from our team of experienced attorneys will enable you to decide on best practices for your business while minimizing related legal liability. Above all else, the business will be fulfilling its duty to keep its employees safe and prevent the continued spread of COVID-19.
For additional information on how to obtain these materials, please contact the EGS attorney with whom you regularly work or EGS’s Employment Law Practice Group Leader, Amanda M. Fugazy at
[email protected].
