State Resources for Your Business and Employees

 

Guidance for Businesses & Non-Profits

The Stanislaus County Health Services Agency Guidance for Businesses and Non-Profits (including Food Facilities) website is being updated in real time and should the go-to resource for guidelines affecting our area. Visit this site regularly for updates as changes may affect your business and daily social practices.

California Business Relief

Opportunity Stanislaus and Valley Sierra Small Business Development Center have created a one-stop website with access to resources available right now for small businesses. Do not leave these resources on the table if you are a downtown business. We all need each other to stay afloat.

California’s Work Sharing Program

Employers who are experiencing loss of business may also qualify for some benefits through California’s Work Sharing Program.

EDD Coronavirus Info

For loss of income due to having to reduce your business’ hours or shut down completely, your employees may be eligible for unemployment benefits even if you expect your workers to return to the job. They may also access these benefits if they have to miss work to care for children due to school closures, do not have remote work options, or must care for someone who is ill or quarantined due to COVID-19.

EDD Taxpayer Assistance Center

Employers experiencing a hardship as a result of COVID-19 may also request up to a 60-day extension of time from the EDD to file their payroll reports and/or deposit state payroll taxes without penalty or interest. For questions, employers may call the EDD Taxpayer Assistance Center: 

New ABC Notice

Under ABC’s new notice, if you operate a restaurant / “bona fide eating place”, you can now package whatever alcohol your license allows you to sell (beer and wine only for a Type 41; beer, wine, and premixed cocktails/drinks if you are a Type 47) in a container with a “secure lid or cap” so long as that cap does not have a sipping hole or opening for a straw, or could otherwise be consumed without removing the lid/cap.  However, that container must be sold in conjunction with a meal prepared for pick-up or delivery.