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  2020-03-18

  The Families First Coronavirus Response Act Helps Employees Everywhere

  On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This act provided additional flexibility for state unemployment insurance agencies and funding to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. This act requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons that relate to Covid-19. To receive these unemployment insurance benefits, you need to file a claim with the unemployment insurance program in the state you work. Employees everywhere are put on sick leave everyday due to coronavirus. This act gives them more support and sanity to help them in their day to day lives whether it is to help support family or pay expenses.
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  2020-04-07

  Treatment of Essential Workers: “Insulting Rewards”

  This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This image captures the headline of an article describing workers outrage at the “rewards” they are being given, such as free lunches. My friend works at a grocery store and has experienced this firsthand. No promise of bonuses, or sick leave, or extra protections for working during a pandemic, many are insulted that companies believe a free lunch may make up for the health risks these workers take everyday.
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  2020-03-14

  Estimated Workers without Paid Sick Leave

  An infographic from the New York Times shared on twitter. Published online in the New York Times on March 14, 2020; tweeted by @stuartathompson, https://twitter.com/stuartathompson/status/1238869276196560897.