BRS Questions

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Please review the information below, and make corrections where needed.

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Business Mailing Address

Please review the address below. If the information is incorrect please enter updated information.

Legal Name : U.S. Bureau of labor Statistics

Trade Name : BLS

*Street Address : 2 Massachusetts AVE NE

Additional Address Information : Room 4860

*City : Washington

*State : DC

*Zip Code : 20212

Physical Location Address

Please review the address below. If the information is incorrect please enter updated information. Do not include P.O. Box or out of State addresses.

*Street Address : 2 Massachusetts AVE NE

Additional Address Information : Room 4860

*City : Washington

State : DC

*Zip Code : 20212

Please select the County, Township, Island, or Parish where your business is physically located. If you do not know it or it is not listed, please check the box below.

*County :

Contact Information

Please provide your contact information.

*Contact Name :

*Phone Number :

*Contact Email :

*Confirm Email :

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Main Business Activity

Please review the description of your main business activities, goods, products, or services in this State. This is a general description of your main business activity and may not be an exact match. There may be activities listed in which you do not participate. If the information displayed below is correct for a majority of your business, please check "YES". If it is incorrect for a majority of your business, please check "NO" and click the "Save and Continue" button.

Sawmills

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in sawing dimension lumber, boards, beams, timbers, poles, ties, shingles, shakes, siding, and wood chips from logs or bolts. Sawmills may plane the rough lumber that they make with a planing machine to achieve smoothness and uniformity of size.

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*While your business may not be engaged in all of the economic activities listed above, does the description above accurately include your main business activity during the Coronavirus pandemic?

YES, the Main Business Activity selected above accurately represents my business.

NO, I am unable to find an applicable Main Business Activity description.

If you answer 'NO' you will be able to choose your correct economic activity on the next page.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is looking to understand the situations your business and employees have encountered during the time of the Coronavirus pandemic. This information is critical as policy makers, government officials and businesses like yours look to understand changes in business operations, employment, and workplace flexibilities and benefits.

We know your business is likely facing challenges, and we appreciate your response to this important survey. Please answer the short survey about this business location’s experience beginning January 1, 2020.

Please answer the following questions for this business location only.

1. As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, which of the following did this business location experience? (select all that apply)

☐Shortage of supplies or inputs

☐Decrease in demand for products or services

☐Increase in demand for products or services

☐Difficulty in moving or shipping goods

☐Government-mandated closure of this business location

☐None

☐Don’t know

☐Other, specify:

2. As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, what changes, if any, were made to employment or payroll at this business location? (select all that apply)

☐Hired additional employees

☐Increased employees’ hours of work

☐Reduced employees’ hours of work, employees worked at least some hours

☐Told employees not to work, with or without pay (for example, laid off or furloughed)

☐Increased salaries and wages

☐Reduced salaries and wages

☐None

☐Don’t know

☐Other, specify:

3. Did this business location continue to pay some or all employees who were told not to work as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic while they were not working?

☐Yes

☐No

☐ Not applicable, no employees were told not to work

☐Don’t know

4. Did this business location continue to pay a portion of health insurance premiums for some or all employees who were told not to work as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic?

☐Yes

☐No

☐Not applicable, no employees were told not to work

☐Not applicable, this business location does not offer health insurance

☐Don’t know

5. Did this business location offer more opportunities for employees to telework (work remotely) as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic? (mark all that apply)

☐Yes, offered telework to employees who could not telework prior to the Coronavirus pandemic

☐Yes, increased number of telework hours for employees already permitted to telework.

☐No change in existing telework arrangements.

☐No telework at this location both before and after the Coronavirus pandemic.

☐Don’t know

6. As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, did this business location increase the amount of paid sick leave provided to employees? (mark all that apply)

☐Yes, provided paid sick leave to employees who did not have paid sick leave prior to the Coronavirus pandemic.

☐Yes, increased amount of paid sick leave for employees who already had sick leave prior to the Coronavirus pandemic.

☐No change to paid sick leave or no paid sick leave provided.

☐Don’t know

Federal and state governments have created loans and grants to help businesses that have been hurt by the Coronavirus pandemic. Sources of these loans and grants, some of which were created under the CARES Act, include the Paycheck Protection Program, Main Street Lending Program, Economic Injury Disaster Loan, and Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility.

7. Did this business location receive a Coronavirus-related loan or grant tied to re-hiring or maintaining employees on the payroll?

☐Yes

☐No

☐Don’t know

8. Would you like to provide any information about changes affecting employment that this business location made in response to the Coronavirus pandemic?

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