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Doug Clark
HFA asks for liability protection as stores reopen

Furniture retailers would love to see customers lined up at their front doors when they reopen after weathering the public health crisis. Attorney Pascal Benyamini warned of a different possibility in a Home Furnishings Association webinar May 7. “If you start on the wrong foot, by not showing that you’re

Human Resources
Robert Bell
Retailers need to form a plan, be flexible when bringing employees back

Furniture retailers might be eager to return to work, but their employees might not share that enthusiasm. In Thursday’s Home Furnishings Association live COVID-19 Webinar, “Getting Your Employees Back to Work,” a pair of human resources experts said store owners need to be open-minded and flexible when inviting employees back

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Doug Clark
Paid sick leave, family leave law takes effect

Many furniture retailers and other businesses must provide their employees with paid sick leave and family leave under some circumstances, according to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The new law, which takes effect April 1, covers businesses with fewer than 500 employees. Businesses with fewer than 50 employees can

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Robert Bell
HR experts answer members’ HR questions

HFA executive vice president Mark Schumacher spoke with HR experts Erick Becker of Cummins & White, LLP, and Eric Martin of ACG Consulting Services, Inc. on March 27 about pressing HR-related concerns HFA members are facing during the coronavirus pandemic. Retailers were invited to ask questions related to their businesses.

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