More than 40 public companies are giving back $337.1 million after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin threatened criminal prosecutions for violating the rules of the program.

Even those that keep the production lines moving will have to do so more slowly, renewing concerns about whether Americans can count on seeing as much meat as they’re used to.

Employee safety is a priority as small and midsize businesses rehire laid-off employees.

There are still many out-of-work people who don’t qualify for unemployment benefits or couldn’t get through states’ overwhelmed systems.