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UVM is monitoring the situation, developing response plans and providing comprehensive information.
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With workplaces upended due to COVID-19, farms are in uncharted territory. We created a guide to employment law for Vermont farmers and farm workers covering some of the most pressing questions raised by the novel coronavirus: from paid sick leave, to unemployment insurance, to rules for small businesses.
The United States Bartenders' Guild National Charity Foundation has established a COVID-19 emergency assistance relief campaign, open to bartenders who meet the program's requirements regardless of USBG membership.
A relief program through the nonprofit Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation is offering financial assistance to individual restaurant workers who fill out a needs-based application. The foundation is not based in Vermont, but Vermonters are eligible to apply.