Los Angeles – Coronavirus (COVID-19)

July 16, 2020 by Duane Morris

Meals for Healthcare Heroes – Los Angeles

On July 10, 2020, Duane Morris’ Los Angeles office provided meals from Panda Express to medical workers on the front lines at Memorial Hospital of Gardena. This concludes our national Meals for Healthcare Heroes initiative, which was funded by donations from Duane Morris attorneys and staff and honored healthcare workers and supported local restaurants. Duane Morris’ COVID-19 Strategy Team has hosted 16 Meals for Healthcare Heroes events nationwide. Visit our website to view photos from all our Meals for Healthcare Heroes events.

April 14, 2020 by Duane Morris

Navigating California’s Local Paid Sick Leave Ordinances in Light of COVID-19

Several cities in California have swiftly enacted emergency ordinances requiring private employers to provide public health emergency leave consistent with the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The ordinances follow state and local proclamations of a public emergency and the increasingly robust shelter-in-place orders affecting businesses and individuals in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. We analyzed the San Francisco Public Health Emergency Leave ordinance and the FFCRA in recent Alerts. This Alert identifies developments in other California cities like San Jose, Los Angeles and Emeryville, as well as permissible uses of paid sick leave under the existing laws in Oakland, San Diego and Santa Monica for work absences that are related to COVID-19.

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