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COVID-19

COVID-19 Shortliner 

Virus Driving Swings in Supply, Demand, Cost

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Consumer Prices

The cost of food at home was up 4.6 percent in August, as were the costs of men’s pajamas, bikes, and books. Consumers are paying much less for hotel rooms, cosmetics, and suits and dresses.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small Legislative News Shortliner 

Employers Hesitate to Adopt Payroll Tax Deferral

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19

Beginning this month, employers can stop withholding part of employees’ share of Social Security taxes. The IRS will recoup the funds from employee paychecks in the first four months of 2021.

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COVID-19 News 

FDA Reiterates Warning About Dangerous Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Rachel Boehm

FDA NEWS RELEASE Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Reiterates Warning About Dangerous Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol, Takes Additional Action to Address Concerning Products Agency Urges

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Ag COVID-19 News 

Big Exhibitors Pull Out of Big Iron Farm Show

July 24, 2020July 28, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19

Deere, Case and New Holland have save said they will not exhibit at the show in West Fargo, N.D.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

Farm Progress, Husker Harvest Days Canceled

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19

Until Monday, the Farm Progress Show was scheduled to be an in-person event in Boone, Iowa, in early September. A virtual event is in the works.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

EEOC: What Employers Can, Cannot Ask Around COVID

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Kristi Ruggles CDC, EEOC

Requiring an antibody test is not OK. A virus test and doctor’s note are.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

California Ag Expects $9 Billion Hit from Virus

June 30, 2020July 14, 2020 Kristi Ruggles California, COVID-19

Dairy is expected to see the largest total loss, followed by grapes.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small Shortliner 

USDA, Prosecutors Investigate Meatpackers

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Meatpacking, USDA

The president of the North Dakota Farmers Union said the industry has rarely seen such obvious market abuses by the meatpacking industry.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small Shortliner 

House Votes to Give Small Businesses Flexibility on PPP

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Payroll Protection Program, PPP

The House on Thursday passed legislation that expands the terms of the Payroll Protection Program to allow employers to spend a greater portion on non-payroll expenses.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

Need ‘Social Distance’ Visual Reminders?

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19, Muir Omni Graphics

Member Company Muir Omni Graphics has window clings, floor markers, and other products that remind employees to mitigate risk.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

Fewer Businesses Apply for Second Round of PPP

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Payroll Protection Program

As of late last week, more than 40 percent of the funds remained available in the Paycheck Protection Program. That is in stark contrast to the rapid depletion of the fund in the first stimulus package.

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COVID-19 Member News Shortliner 

Majority of States Begin to Reopen

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Kristi Ruggles FarmEquip.org/covid-19

At least 30 states have started to allow some businesses to operate or announced plans to do so in May. Find the status of every state on the Association’s web site.

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COVID-19 Member News Shortliner 

BKT Adopts Mitigation Plan, Resumes Production in India

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Kristi Ruggles BKT

The company has introduced a series of safety protocols, including providing housing to workers.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

Cut Out the Noise Using Resources Curated for You.

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Vernon Schmidt COVID-19, Essential Business

Workplace rules are changes as more states transition to reopening the economy. Avoid the media filters and find what you need as you navigate employee safety and consider getting your sales team back on the road.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

Ethanol Industry Excluded from Farm Relief Package

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Biofuels, ethanol

USDA’s $19 billion aid plan doesn’t include any money for ethanol, despite an all-out push by the industry. Secretary Perdue said there simply wasn’t enough money to go around.

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COVID-19 Manufacturing News Shortliner 

Virus Idles Steel Plants

April 22, 2020May 5, 2020 Kristi Ruggles

U.S. mills are operating at 56 percent of capacity, down from 80 percent in 2019, and steel output across the country has fallen by a third in three weeks.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small Legislative News Shortliner 

More Funding for Small Business Certain But Stalled

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19, Small Business

Lawmakers agree that small business businesses need more in a COVID-19 rescue package, but negotiations stalled over details. Resolution is expected this week.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

CDC: How to Handle Workers Who Have Been Exposed

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Kristi Ruggles CDC, COVID-19, Exposure

Essential workers who have been exposed to the coronavirus can continue to come to work but must observe this practices.

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Ag COVID-19 News Shortliner 

Trump Calls for Additional Support for Farmers

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Aid to Farmers, Farmer aid

The White House wants the USDA to move quickly in distributing a new $16 billion aid package to U.S. producers.

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COVID-19 Manufacturing News 

CNH to Suspend Production in Grand Island

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19

Because of COVID-19, the Case New Holland manufacturing facility in Grand Island, Neb. will temporarily suspend operations after Thursday. General

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

Borrowers, Bankers Hit Glitches in SBA Loan Kickoff

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Payroll Protection Program

By Monday morning, the SBA had approved more than 100,000 loans totaling $30 billion in spite of glitches in the application process. Find a link to the loan application here.

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COVID-19 Shortliner Trade 

USMCA Delayed, Tariff Relief Anticipated

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19, tariffs, USMCA

Lawmakers and business groups have ramped up pressure on the administration to grant tariff relief to companies reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. The virus also has forced a delay in the start date for USMCA.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small 

Alert Regarding Paycheck Protection Program

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Vernon Schmidt Paycheck Protection

Starting this Friday, April 3, 2020, small businesses and sole proprietors can apply for a loan through the Paycheck Protection

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COVID-19 News Trade 

USMCA Delayed, Tariff Relief Likely

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Kristi Ruggles tariffs

In response to the all-consuming demands of COVID-19, the administration is considering suspending tariffs, with exceptions. The implementation of USMCA also is on hold.

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COVID-19 

Emerge Stronger: Take Note of Innovations During Crisis

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Kristi Ruggles leadership

Ask these questions to capture best practices–and identify what can be eliminated–when the new normal emerges.

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COVID-19 

State Orders Affecting Business

April 1, 2020April 6, 2020 Vernon Schmidt Coronavirus, COVID-19

See what’s happening in your state as governments issue orders in response to covid-19.

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COVID-19 

Employee Election Form for COVID-19 Leave

March 31, 2020April 3, 2020 Kristi Ruggles

Use this sample of an election form for employees seeking leave.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small Legislative News Shortliner 

Stimulus Offers Loans with Option for Forgiveness

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Kristi Ruggles CARES Act

The $2.2 trillion response deal allows small businesses to acquire grants and loans up to 125 percent of their payroll with the opportunity for loan forgiveness for businesses that can quickly ramp up or sustain their workforces.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

DOL Clarifies Questions on New Families First Act

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19, FFCRA

Clarifications issued Friday help employers make sense of the intermittent leave policy and how FFCRA works for businesses affected by closures or stay-at-home orders.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

Farm Equipment Makers, Related Industries React

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Alamo Group, CNHi, COVID-19, Deere

Deere, AGCO, CNHI, and Alamo have reacted to the pandemic by temporarily shuttering overseas operations. Domestically, there is news of layoffs and plant closures resulting from employees testing positive.

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COVID-19 

Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Vernon Schmidt Labor

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR | Wage and Hour DivisionSource: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions 03/30/2020 As provided under the legislation, the U.S. Department of

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COVID-19 Manufacturing 

Deere shuts down Dubuque Works for disinfection – after positive COVID-19 case

March 29, 2020March 30, 2020 Vernon Schmidt

John Deere Dubuque Works is temporarily shut down after a confirmed case of COVID-19 in an employee of the facility.

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COVID-19 

Draft Travel/Work Document

March 28, 2020March 30, 2020 Vernon Schmidt COVID-19, Travel

Essential Critical Infrastructure Worker Designation – Draft Text

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small 

Essential Business? Guidance in a Stay-At-Home Order

March 26, 2020March 27, 2020 Vernon Schmidt

CISA GUIDANCE On March 23, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued “Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small Legislative News 

Member-Relevant Highlights of $2 Trillion Stimulus

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Kristi Ruggles

New stimulus bill provides billions in loans to small businesses that can be converted to grants that will not require repayment.

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COVID-19 

Families First Coronavirus Response Act Notice

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Rachel Boehm

The U.S. Department of Labor posted its model employee notices for FFCRA rights.  Link to the model notice  Only employers

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COVID-19 

See a Webinar on HR Legal Issues Related to covid-19

March 25, 2020March 27, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19, webinar

Webinar invitation: Ask an attorney your HR legal questions around covid-19.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small 

HR Resources from KCoe

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19

Member company K-Coe Isom has compiled a toolkit with valuable information related to payroll and related employment questions.

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COVID-19 

Contact U.S. Governors

March 23, 2020April 17, 2020 Vernon Schmidt Governor

Find out how to contact your governor and see sample language you can use to ask your state for assurance that your business is deemed “essential” during a stay-at-home order.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small Legal & Legislative Issues 

U.S. Moves Tax Deadline to July 15

March 20, 2020March 25, 2020 Vernon Schmidt

In these unprecedented circumstances, the federal government wants you to focus on your business not your tax return.

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COVID-19 Shortliner 

Employment Law Questions Emerge Around COVID-19

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 Kristi Ruggles COVID-19

Association partner Nilan Johnson Lewis have drafted a series of responses to questions facing employers related to the coronavirus.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small Legislative News Shortliner 

Bill Calls for Paid Leave at Small Companies

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Congress, COVID-19

The bill requires employers of small companies to pay up to $511 a day for sick leave and up to $200 a day for family leave.

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COVID-19 

Risk Management – Best Practices

March 17, 2020March 25, 2020 Vernon Schmidt

See tips for protecting your workforce and responding if an employee tests positive.

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COVID-19 Featured - Home Small 

Canceled: Supply Summit 2020

March 13, 2020March 25, 2020 Kristi Ruggles Supply Summit 2020

We look ahead to Orlando in October, where will we reconnect, learn, and grow your business.

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