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Palo Alto Festival of the Arts
Date and Time
Saturday Aug 22, 2020 Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Saturday and Sunday, August 22 and 23
Location
University Avenue and side streets
Downtown Palo AltoFees/Admission
Free admission.
** Dogs are discouraged as the streets are hot and there are thousands of trampling feet! **Contact Information
All Exhibitor, Entertainment and Sponsorship inquiries should be directed to MLA Productions. Thank you for your interest!
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The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce presents the annual Palo Alto Festival of the Arts! For two days, Downtown University Avenue becomes home to 300 fine art and contemporary craft displays, Italian street painting, kids' art studio, sculpture plaza, stage and street entertainment.
A diverse array of juried artists come from all over the country as well as the greater Bay Area, bringing hundreds of one-of-a-kind art pieces and artisan crafts presented in an awe-inspiring display of talent and creativity.
As you stroll through this mutli-faceted arts celebration, enjoy a tempting assortment of tasty foods, fine wines and micro-brews.
Public transit and free parking make visiting the festival easy and convenient. CalTrain's main Palo Alto station is at the foot of University Avenue, just one block away!
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New Law for Employers
FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT (FFCRA)
The full text of the FFCRA can be found here.
The FFCRA is a new federal law that requires employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide two new paid leave benefits for eligible employees affected by the COVID-19 virus in 2020. This applies only to those employees (not already laid off) who are home sick. The leave requirements generally provide paid sick time or paid leave under certain circumstances (as described more fully in the notice poster, link #4, below). The FFCRA also provides tax credits that may help employers provide the paid leave benefits.
The FFCRA helps the U.S. combat workplace effects of COVID-19 by reimbursing American private employers that have fewer than 500 employees with tax credits for the cost of providing employees with paid leave, taken for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The law enables employers to keep workers (who are home sick with COVID-19 related illness and therefore unable to work, even remotely) on their payrolls, while at the same time ensuring that workers are not forced to choose between their paychecks and the public health measures needed to combat the virus. The Departmnt's Wage and Hour Division administers the paid leave portions of the FFCRA.
If an employer has fewer than 50 employees and providing the paid leave benefits would jeopardize the viability of the business as a going concern, the small business exemption may apply. Employers who believe they qualify for the exemption should document why the business meets the exemption criteria unless and until the Department of Labor issues additional guidance on claiming the exemption.
Effective April 1, 2020, employers are required to properly notify their employees of the new FFCRA leave benefits and implement the requirements.
Below are links to important resources that contain compliant employee notices, guidance, and recommendations for employers subject to the FFCRA.
- Department of Labor: COVID-19 and the American Workplace
- Fact Sheet: FFCRA – Employee Paid Leave Rights (in English)
- Fact Sheet: FFCRA – Employer Paid Leave Requirements (in English)
- Compliant FFCRA notice poster for private-sector employees (in English)
- Department of Labor FAQ for the FFCRA employee notice poster
courtesy of Montgomery & Hansen, LLP