(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents HealthyVerify Certification.) By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The city of Goodyear has turned to HealthyVerify Certification to help it navigate COVID-19 at recreation centers, parks, and public buildings with best practices that go above and beyond U.S. Centers for Disease Control health guidelines. Now, Scottsdale-based HealthyVerify Certification (HVC) is helping Goodyear with …
Survey: Majority of Arizona parents ‘uncomfortable’ about sending kids back to school
By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — State health officials may now have standards of when they think it’s safe for kids to go back to school. But a new statewide survey of likely voters shows that most Arizonans are not comfortable with the idea, even if the state gives the go-ahead. And Democrats are even more reticent …
Trump’s executive orders: Payroll tax deferral. Rose Law Group attorney Dan Gauthier outlines what this “payroll tax holiday” could mean for employers.
By Daniel Gauthier | Rose Law Group Reporter Over the weekend President Trump signed four executive orders providing COVID-19 related relief to Americans. The President’s actions come as Congress continues to negotiate – and fails to agree on – the next round of COVID-19 stimulus funding. Contained in one of the executive orders is a payroll tax deferral for certain American workers …
Gompers prepares to reopen to serve developmentally disabled population
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents HealthyVerify Certification.) By AZ Business Magazine | AZ Big Media The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of everyday life. But for those with developmental disabilities, the effects are even more profound. Gompers, a Phoenix-based nonprofit, provides a broad spectrum of services to developmentally disabled individuals — but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many of those services …
Judge rules Arizona gyms should be given chance to reopen, Rose Law Group Attorney Jonathan Udell comments
By 12News PHOENIX – An Arizona judge ruled Tuesday that gyms should have the opportunity to reopen. Mountainside Fitness, along with EOS Fitness were plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey. READ ON: Today’s court order strikes a fine balance between ensuring the government has the tools it needs to combat a pandemic, while also ensuring a …
Phoenix school district turns to HealthyVerify Certification to help with new school year, COVID-19
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents HealthyVerify Certification) By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter For Marvene Lobato the biggest challenge for the COVID-19 pandemic is the uncertainty presents on numerous fronts. Lobato is the Superintendent of the Fowler Elementary School District in Phoenix. The district has 7 schools, a child care center and 4,500 students. Like …
U.S. immigration officials spread coronavirus with detainee transfers
Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke, Reade Levinson | Reuters NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Public health specialists have for months warned the U.S. government that shuffling detainees among immigration detention centers will expose people to COVID-19 and help spread the disease. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has continued the practice, saying it is taking all necessary precautions. It turns out the health …
AESD first public district to be HealthyVerify certified
By Erin Brassey | West Valley View Avondale Elementary School District became the first public district in the state to receive the HealthyVerify certification. The district also discussed reopening plans at a governing board meeting July 7. According to the board presentation, the district plans to offer a choice of in-person or online schooling, with new health and safety protocols including …
HealthyVerify helps Gompers navigate COVID-19 for nonprofit staff, members with developmental disabilities
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents HealthyVerify Certification.) By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Mark Jacoby, president and CEO of Gompers, said every time his nonprofit group came up with some answers on when and how to reopen its services to those with development disabilities more COVID-19 questions would arise. “What happened was for every answer we came up …