COVID-19 Update 

We hope this update finds you and your families, friends and colleagues in good health. Like many of you, we are watching the progression of the virus around the world. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who have been impacted, and their families and friends. We give thanks to all of those who are working on the front lines of this pandemic, especially our doctors, nurses, medical staff, and first responders. To do our part to combat this pandemic, we continue to do our best at practicing the recommended guidelines of social distancing, and we encourage everyone to do the same.

Adhering to Governor Newsom's Executive Order N-33-20 as a critical sector service we continue to serve our clients' needs. We have a scaled-back crew at the office and the remainder of our staff is working remotely. Our technology and communication platforms continue to provide the level of support necessary to operate from home. 

In order to keep our clients and staff safe, we must continue to practice social distancing and limit contact with clients.

 Our plan is as follows:

• We continue to strongly encourage phone and virtual meetings. 
• We prefer any exchange of data to be by mail or email.
• Should you absolutely require to drop off or pick up information,  the lobby is only open between the hours of  8:30am – 4:00pm Monday to Friday.
• We are limiting the number of clients/staff in the lobby at any one time and doing our best to consistently sanitize.
• We have canceled our May 1, 2020  Shred Day

As the state of affairs keep changing, we will continue to follow guidelines as directed by state and federal officials. Please stay up to date as we will evolve as needed.  Below is the full text of the release from the State of California regarding “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” as well as links to sites we refer to for current information.

https://covid19.ca.gov/img/EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/

https://www.edd.ca.govabout_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm

Sincerely,

The Walpole Team

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