Who’s getting hazard pay in a pandemic?

Segments From This Episode

• COVID-19 prompts questions about which jobs are classed “hazardous”

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  It’s mostly up to companies to decide who gets hazard pay, and for how long.

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• Unemployment benefits have expanded, but state systems aren’t ready

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Gig workers and self-employed now qualify, but accessing payments is still a challenge.

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• For small businesses, promise of federal emergency loans turns into “waiting game”

  by Justin Ho

  

  Banks are starting to process applications for loans from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program, but businesses aren’t sure when they’ll see the checks.

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• SF Fed president: “Each one of us in the economy has a role to play”

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  Mary Daly talks about the pandemic, the economy and what it might take to emerge from the crisis.

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• Running a farm in the coronavirus economy

  by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal

  

  “We’re doing everything we can to continue the critical activities that we need to do,with a lot of added precautions for the sake of our employees,” said Patrick Smith of Loftus Ranches in Washington.

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• Pandemic could mean opportunity for real estate investors

  by Andy Uhler

  

  “Now’s the time to innovate and go hunting,” says an investment firm co-founder.

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