Tag: COVID

Mother and daughter in car wearing pm 2.5 face mask to protect against viruses and pollution

$192 billion(enacted March 18, 2020) Summary Prepared by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Emergency Paid Sick Leave The government will fully reimburse (through tax credits) employers, with less than 500 employees, for the cost of providing eligible workers up to two weeks of emergency paid sick leave.1Workers are eligible if they ar…

Statue of liberty wearing a surgical mask

$8 billion(enacted March 6, 2020) Summary Prepared by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College This Act provides emergency funding, primarily for health-related activities, including: research, development, and review of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics related to the COVID-19 virus; state and local government response efforts; expansion of telehealth services through Medicare; consular operations and…