In spite of the pandemic, 200 graduates, guests and contractors honored the class of 2020 and our 50th Graduating class for IEC Atlanta/Georgia at the Marriott Evergreen Conference Center in Stone Mountain Park on Friday, July 10th.  With a total of 78 graduates, the night was filled with awards, accolades and many past graduates praising the apprenticeship program.  As always, a highlight of the night is naming the winner of the Apprenticeship of the Year Competition, which was Bentley Butler from Waddy’s Electrical Enterprises, who was a graduate of the program in 2006.  IEC National President Candy Branham from St. Louis was on hand to give the commencement speech.  Click for Pictures

WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
IEC provides three lists of potential workers for the membership that are updated each Wednesday – Electricians – Apprentices – Helpers.  These list are also listed by Atlanta and Georgia.  To review the lists, go to our Dropbox account and login.  Members may contact Delast.muhammad@iecatlantaga.org to obtain the login credentials which are available to current dues paying contractor members.
We have out of work apprentices in Atlanta that are available for hire and sponsorship to the August classes.  Contact Julie.gunter@iecatlantaga.org for details.  Be sure to let Julie know if you’re hiring, loaning, borrowing or laying off.

The FFCRA (Families First Coronavirus Relief Act) covers most employers with less than 500 employees, meaning the FFCRA applies even where the FMLA does not – i.e. for those of you with less than 50 employees.  

When is FFCRA paid leave available?  FFCRA paid leave is available for employees in the following COVID-19 related situations.  If your employee qualifies for FFCRA paid emergency sick leave under one of the conditions listed below, as the employer, your business is responsible for making the required payments to the employee, as provided by the FFCRA. 

• The employee has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine related to COVID-19;
• The employee is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is seeking a medical diagnosis;
• The employee is caring for an individual subject to quarantine, told to self-quarantine or experiencing symptoms and seeking diagnosis;
• The employee is caring for his or her child whose school or place of care is closed or whose childcare provider is unavailable due to COVID-19 related reasons;
• The employee is subject to a Federal, State or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19; or
• The employee is experiencing any other substantially similar condition specified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

 

Thank you for your continued support of the IEC Atlanta/Georgia Chapters!  Stay safe and have a great weekend!

Niel and the entire IEC Staff