This week launches our series of Focus Fridays, topics of interest to employers as the business of getting back open and operating in the COVID-19 world. This week #MattTheLawyer focuses on what steps you need to take in terms of employee handbooks, paid leave, teleworking...
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#mattthelawyer, Employment Law, Small Business Advice / 13.05.2020
PPP Loans, Employees Refusing to Return, and the IRS
There are lots of questions about the use of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan proceeds. Most employers understand the requirement of using 75% of the loan on their payroll costs. But one question, among many, that arose dealt with what happens to the loan amount...
#mattthelawyer, Employment Law, Small Business Advice / 13.05.2020
DOL FFCRA Enforcement
The Department of Labor (DOL) is starting to enforce the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This video talks about that enforcement action, but also about what needs to be done to avoid getting the DOL up in your business. Reminder, the FFCRA still applies...
#mattthelawyer, Employment Law, Small Business Advice / 13.05.2020
New DOL Guidance: PSL, EFMLA, and PTO
On April 17, the temporary 30-day non-enforcement of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) by the Department of Labor (DOL) ended. Then, on April 20, the DOL clarified some guidance on the use of company provided Paid Time Off (PTO), Federal Paid Sick Leaves...
#mattthelawyer, Employment Law, Small Business Advice / 13.05.2020
Worker Safety: COVID-19 Business Recovery
As the government starts to make plans for recovery and loosening some of the restrictions put In place during the pandemic, a key concern for employers will be worker safety. Here is the link to the OSHA site for guidance on worker safety. You can...
#mattthelawyer, Small Business Advice / 13.05.2020
Embracing the Bad: Small Businesses & the COVID-19 Crisis
As we start planning for recovery, we have to embrace what is bad and start to look for what is good. When your business has been radically, or even marginally, affected by shutdowns and limitations, this is an opportunity start thinking about how to wrap...
#mattthelawyer, Business Development, Small Business Advice / 01.05.2020
Specific Mental Models to Help Plan Your Business Recovery
As we start working on plans for small business recovery after isolation orders, we have to be careful that we don't take in new information but rely upon the same methods for assessing our businesses. In this video I talk about confirmation bias, inversion method...
#mattthelawyer, Business Development, Small Business Advice / 01.05.2020
Mental Models for Business Recovery Post COVID-19 Crisis
It is time to start thinking about recovery for when stay-at-home orders are slowly lifted. To be successful, small businesses are going to start building a new mental model for success. This video is a bit of theory about how we are going to be...
#mattthelawyer, Employment Law, Small Business Advice / 08.04.2020
Six Policies for Post-COVID-19 Teleworking
At some point soon, the various stay-at-home orders, self-isolation, and social distancing will end. Employers who have dispersed their workforce and allowed or been forced into telework arrangements will face some challenges getting their employees back into the office. One of the most significant is that it will be...