COVID-19 Business News Update – April 29, 2020

Crow Legal periodically brings you the latest news from Colorado and Nationwide about COVID-19’s effect on businesses. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and subscribe to our email newsletter for more stories.

Colorado:

The Colorado Secretary of State, along with CU Boulder, released numbers for new business filings in the state.  The Longmont Observer explains how business filings sharply dropped in the first quarter of 2020.

Do workers have the right to stay home if they feel unsafe and still collect unemployment?  The Denver Channel discusses state guidelines, what local businesses are doing to protect their employees, and what is in the works for the vulnerable worker.

The Colorado Sun goes into detail about Colorado businesses that shifted production to provide health care workers with safety equipment.

Nationwide:

The president declared that meat-packing plants are considered essential infrastructure and signed an executive order to keep them open.  Forbes investigates the new order and its implications.

Benefits Pro explains that in a new survey, CEO’s overwhelmingly believe that COVID-19 severely threatens their businesses.