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Grand Canyon Chamber Important Links to Support your Business:

Grand Canyon Chamber Letter to NPS here

Governor Ducey’s latest COVID-19 press release here

Covid-19 Legistation and Regulation Summary & Links

Governor Ducey's Tourism updates here
View details from the White House here.
View travel industry details from the U.S. Travel Association here.
View the CDC’s travel advisory page here.
View the latest from the Arizona Department of Health Services here.

NPS Grand Canyon Public Health Updates here

ARIZONA OFFICE OF TOURISM COMMUNICATIONS
For updated AOT communications, click here.
For a list of known business closures and canceled/postponed events, click here.

US Small Business Administration

The US Small Buisness Administration is there to assist. Please visit their website for: Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Here is an easy guide about the new loans from the US Chamber. More details will be sent to banks next week but please note some banks are already on it and have information post.

On their site you will find:

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Link to AZ lenders https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/articles/Arizona_SBA_Lender_List.pdf

Coconino County Small Business COVID-19 Response Planning

Coconino County has put together webinars to assist you and your business during this pandemic.

Every Tuesday at 2 pm webinar to assist you in applying for SBA loans and every Thursday at 1:30 topics to help your business prepare.

Governor Ducey's Chamber Update

The Grand Canyon Chamber is attending daily calls with Governor Ducey's office. If you have concerns that you want addressed please call Laura Chastain at 520-329-1889.

AZ Dept of Public Health

COVID-19 Information for Tourism Business Partners

https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-community

How to prepare for COVID-19

Ensure your business has a flexible response plan and refine plans as needed for:
- Varying levels of severity of disease (i.e., number of sick individuals, hospitalization, death) in the community where the business is located.
- Impact of disease on employees that are more vulnerable and may be at higher risk for adverse health complications (e.g., older adults, chronic illness, etc.).
- Share plans with employees and explain what human resources policies, workplace and leave flexibilities, and pay/benefits will be available to them.

Employer Obligations

As an employer you have many legal obligations to consider as you make decisions around COVID-19.

Here is a news release from March 24, 2020 explaining Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave under The Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The Law Offices of Snell & Wilmer have many articles designed to assist you as you face these challenges. Please use this as a guide and also consult your own legal council as you plan to implement decisions. Also please review our OSHA information for other obligations you are facing as an employer.

Resources from Snell & Wilmer

Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Summary of the Employment Provisions of the New Law

Paid Sick Time Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Furloughs, Reductions in Force, and Alternatives to Consider

International Trade and Disruption of Supply Chains: Risk Management in the Pandemic AgeInternational Trade and Disruption of Supply Chains: Risk Management in the Pandemic Age

OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) developed this COVID-19 planning guidance based on traditional infection prevention and industrial hygiene practices. It focuses on the need for employers to implement engineering, administrative, and work practice controls and personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as considerations for doing so.

This guidance is intended for planning purposes. Employers and workers should use this planning guidance to help identify risk levels in workplace settings and to determine any appropriate control measures to implement. Additional guidance may be needed as COVID-19 outbreak conditions change, including as new information about the virus, its transmission, and impacts, becomes available.

Click here for the Guidance on Preparing Workplace plan

Standards

Understand how OSHA standards apply to protecting workers from COVID-19.

15 Days to Slow the Spread

The new recommendations are simple to follow but will have a resounding impact on public health. While the President leads a nationwide response, bringing together government resources and private-sector ingenuity, every American can help slow the virus’ spread and keep our most high-risk populations safe:

Listen to and follow the directions of your state and local authorities.
If you feel sick, stay home. Do not go to work. Contact your medical provider.
If your children are sick, keep them at home. Contact your medical provider.
If someone in your household has tested positive for the Coronavirus, keep the entire household at home.
If you are an older American, stay home and away from other people.
If you are a person with a serious underlying health condition—such as a significant heart or lung problem—stay home and away from other people.

Today’s guidelines build on the CDC’s general recommendations to help prevent spread of the virus. Americans should continue practicing strict personal hygiene, including washing hands regularly for at least 20 seconds at a time and wiping down surfaces in the home often.

Even if you are young and otherwise healthy, you are at risk—and your activities can increase the risk of contracting the Coronavirus for others. Everyone can do their part.

click here for a print version of the updated guidelines

click here for the CDC site