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Handling a COVID-19 Case at Your Establishment
As we continue to navigate through COVID-19 and its impact on your businesses, it is important to know how to handle a positive case at your establishment. As business owners, the safety of your customers and staff are always the top priority, which is why handling a positive case or an outbreak correctly is so crucial. Based on state and federal guidance, we recently published COVID-19 Guidance: If an Employee Tests Positive. If you are looking for more information in regards to how to respond to an employee with a positive test, additional resources, or how contract tracing is implemented, please see the below links:
Travel Guidance for Employers
Important Survey for Additional Relief If you have not yet taken our survey, please take a moment to do so. We are sending an appeal to the Governor for a hospitality industry specific assistance fund and this data is critical to continue our advocacy efforts on behalf of our industry.
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Good afternoon, I hope you are all doing well considering the circumstances. I wanted to update everyone on a few things I am working on right now. First and foremost, I delivered a letter to the Governor's office last week seeking a dedicated hospitality industry relief fund. With restaurants operating at 50% in four counties, there will need to be additional support from the state for businesses to survive! To support us in our case for additional relief, please take a few minutes to complete the survey below. We will need this data to show state officials how dire the situation is on the ground. As I am sure you are aware, there is progress being made in Congress to issue another COVID-19 aid package and there has been a lot of work done to target a chunk of relief specifically to the hospitality industry. We should see progress on this front over the next few weeks. I have also sent a request to state officials for further clarification on a few issues I have received calls about that are critical for many of you:
Please don't hesitate to call or email if I, or anyone on my team, can help. Mike Somers Important Survey for Additional Relief As our industry continues to struggle to survive under the current restrictions, we are sending an appeal to Governor Sununu for a hospitality industry specific assistance fund. We need your help in this effort! Please take our 90-second survey and provide us with data to reinforce our case for the need for additional relief money for hospitality businesses. Thank you. Apply Now: New Hampshire GAP FundThe Governor has authorized the allocation and expenditure of $30M of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds for the New Hampshire General Assistance & Preservation (GAP) Fund to provide emergency financial relief to New Hampshire businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that have been unable to access support from other existing state and federal programs.
For additional information about this program and to apply, please visit the GOFERR website. #MaskUpNewHampshire As part of a collaborative effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 across the state and keep New Hampshire healthy, we are supporting a grassroots movement to encourage the use of face masks in public and work settings. The initiative, #MaskUpNewHampshire, is to promote the public use of masks in order to keep our communities safe and our businesses open. To learn more about this innititive click here for more details. Reminder: Last Day to Apply for SELF Fund Today is the last day to apply for the New Hampshire Self Employed Livelihood Fund (SELF). Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. Click the image below to apply.  New Hampshire GAP Fund The Governor has authorized the allocation and expenditure of $30M of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (“flex funds”) for the New Hampshire General Assistance & Preservation (GAP) Fund to provide emergency financial relief to New Hampshire businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that have been unable to access support from other existing state and federal programs. Applications for the GAP Fund will open on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, on the GOFERR and BFA websites. Ask Congress to Support the Blueprint for Restaurant Revival Later this month, Congress will consider their final coronavirus response bill for 2020. We have made steady progress, but Congress needs to do much more to help us save the nation’s second-largest private-sector employer. Our partners at NRA conducted a survey last week, and thousands of restaurant operators participated. The top priorities identified from that survey were a $120 billion recovery fund for the sector and a second round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding, and so they're at the top of our advocacy agenda. At the same time, we also know it will take more than a one-time check to sustain restaurants in the post-COVID environment. We've heard you – and working with our partners at NRA we are proud to release our new Blueprint for Revival for the industry. It represents a strong, comprehensive plan for how Congress can advance restaurants in every city and town in this country. With the Blueprint for Revival, we have given Congress a roadmap for action that addresses our immediate and long-term needs. It calls for the Restaurant Recovery Fund, implementing a targeted second-round of PPP for our industry, and other asks that will help us serve the communities we call home. We need your support to bring this effort over the finish line. Please take action to share your story and lend your voice to this campaign. Every voice counts, and we have to ensure restaurants and bars are well represented in the final coronavirus relief bill for 2020. COVID-19 Response Recruitment Portal
Earlier this week, New Hampshire Employment Security launched the COVID-19 Response Recruitment Portal - a new, simple, streamlined approach to connecting job-seekers with employers. It's open now and free of charge for all employers. For more information on how to post a job opening and the required form you'll need to fill out, visit here. Important Survey for Additional Relief As our industry continues to struggle to survive under the current restrictions, we are sending an appeal to Governor Sununu for additional relief specifically for the hospitality and tourism industry. We need your help in this effort! Please take our 90-second survey and provide us with data to reinforce our case for the need for additional relief money for hospitality businesses. Thank you. Important Survey for Additional Relief As our industry continues to struggle to survive under the current restrictions, we are sending an appeal to Governor Sununu for additional relief specifically for the hospitality and tourism industry. We need your help in this effort! Please take our 90-second survey and provide us with data to reinforce our case for the need for additional relief money for hospitality businesses. Thank you. Webinar: Navigating COVID-19 Guidelines Within the Food Service Industry Join Clark-Mortenson and the NHLRA for a webinar designed specifically for NHLRA members. Date & Time: Thursday, July 23rd at 10:00am Topics covered include:
Updated Quarantine Form We've updated the Statement of Health and Quarantine for lodging properties to reflect Governor Sununu's removal of the quarantine requirement for New England residents. A copy of the form is available to download under the "Reopening Resources for Lodging" section on our COVID-19 guidance page. Apply Now: New Hampshire Self Employed Livelihood Fund (SELF) Applications are now open for the SELF Fund. Visit revenue.nh.gov to apply before July 17. AHLEI COVID-19 Course Demonstrates Cleaning, Safety Guidelines for Hotel Reopening As the economy reopens and travelers begin to visit hotels once more, properties must be prepared to meet the new health and safety challenges presented by COVID-19. To assist, the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) recently launched COVID-19 Precautions for Hotels, an online course created to help hotels train their staffs on safety and cleanliness guidelines developed for the industry by the American Hotel & Lodging Association. The course is a training companion to the Safe Stay initiative, an industry-wide, enhanced health and safety protocol designed to prepare America’s hotels to safely welcome back guests and employees as the economy reopens. The guidelines have been endorsed by hospitality leaders and public health experts in all 50 states and Canada, and focus on cleaning and sanitizing, employee health, physical distancing, personal hygiene, and mitigation of virus transmission. TripAdvisor's New "Travel Safe" Tool Tripadvisor recently launched new “Travel Safe” tools to help businesses easily highlight all the steps they’re taking (sanitation procedures, mask-wearing guidelines, social distancing policies, etc.) to ensure the safety of their guests. For the 460M+ monthly Tripadvisor users browsing the 8.7M businesses listed on Tripadvisor, these features can ease their minds as they begin to venture out again. The new tool includes:
 This afternoon, the Governor announced another step in the reopening process. Effective immediately, New England residents will be allowed to visit NH without meeting the 14-day quarantine requirement. Please remember that the quarantine requirement will remain in place for all other visitors coming from outside of New England. This is another step in the right direction for our lodging businesses! It does not look like the Governor will be easing restrictions on restaurant capacity any time soon. With all the news from Southern and Western states around rapid increases in cases and with Texas and California reinstating restrictions, we are expecting state officials to proceed very cautiously. We have received reports from DHHS about complaints they are receiving from consumers that staff and/or guests in a number of restaurants are not wearing masks or practicing social distancing. I strongly urge everyone to remain vigilant and not let your guard down in maintaining state guidelines. Our greatest fear should be that the state decides to restrict our business operations more than they are now. Wishing everyone a safe 4th of July weekend! Mike Somers Wage and Hour launches new FFCRA online tool Wage and Hour recently launched a new online tool that guides workers through a series of questions to help them determine if they are eligible for paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). As America continues to re-open, this tool stands to help employees and employers to determine who is qualified for the FFCRA protections and benefits. New Hampshire Self Employed Livelihood Fund (SELF) Governor Chris Sununu has authorized the allocation and expenditure of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (“flex funds”) to provide emergency financial relief to support New Hampshire self-employed, for-profit businesses due to the economic disruption caused by COVID-19. Important Dates & Timeline:
The Self Employed Livelihood Fund grant award amounts will be calculated similarly to the Main Street Relief Fund, with the maximum award amount a business can receive is $50,000. Input Needed: Restaurant Recovery Priorities The National Restaurant Association has prepared a survey that outlines some of the proposals they are considering as they update their Blueprint for Recovery and they need your input in identifying which ones to prioritize. Please take a moment to rank the proposals that would be most impactful for your restaurant or the industry as a whole. Together, we will continue to advance a policy agenda that reflects the unique needs of this vital industry. Virtual Town Hall Series - COVID-19 & Police Violence: How You Can Support Your Black Employees.
Racism and COVID-19 have become top issues facing Americans today. Blacks and Latinos are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than other groups in the country, while the killing of George Floyd has placed discussions of race at the center stage. As businesses reopen, leaders will have to address the issue of structural racism and how staying silent on this issue puts their brand reputation at risk. Join the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance for a Town Hall on Wednesday, July 8 at 2:00 p.m. and you'll walk away with:
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