COVID-19 / Workers' Comp Exec Order & EIDL for Agriculture

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Governor Orders Worker's Comp Coverage for COVID-19 Workers

Today, the Governor announced that employees who have contracted COVID-19 are presumed to have contracted the virus at work, and are therefore covered under worker’s compensation insurance. This applies to any worker who is working outside the home at the direction of the employer.

Importantly, the presumption is rebuttable. This means that an employee will need to show positive test results and also has to have worked in that time period. Employers have only 30 days to deny a claim.

The order is effective from March 19, 2020 to June 5, 2020. CAWG also has provided a general summary .

Please contact your insurance company or human resources professional for how this affects your business or operation.

Worker's Compensation Executive Order

Economic Injury Disaster Loan for Agricultural Businesses

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that agricultural producers are now eligible to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs.

Agricultural businesses had previously been excluded from EIDL, but are now deemed eligible for the loan program in the latest round of coronavirus relief funding. The legislation, signed into law by the President one week ago, provided additional funding for farmers and ranchers and certain other agricultural businesses affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Eligible agricultural businesses must have 500 or fewer employees.

Due to limitations in funding availability and the vast number of applications submitted, the SBA is re-opening the application portal ONLY to agricultural enterprises. The application process will remain closed to all other types of businesses.

For agricultural producers that submitted an EIDL application through the streamlined application portal prior to the legislative change, SBA will move forward and process these applications without the need for re-applying. All other EIDL loan applications that were submitted prior to April 15 will be processed on a first-in, first-out basis.

RESOURCES

SBA presentation on EIDL for agricultural producers
Apply for EIDL and EIDL Advance Programs

Thank you and stay healthy,

Your CAWG Team

CAWG COVID-19 Resource Page