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...
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...
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...
For employers with less than 50 employees, the FFCRA could be a financial burden. There is a possible exemption, but that exemption does not come without some pain - namely documentation. This video talks about the documentation requirement in a more general sense. You can read...
There will be a new normal once businesses are allowed to return to normal. It is time to start thinking about your relationship with employees. Your remote working employees are not going to want to come to the office 5 days a week. #Mattthelawyer talks about some...
When all the lockdowns are done, we believe the business and worker landscape for knowledge workers is going to look a lot different. Now is the time to start thinking about independent contractors and how your business will be modified by working with those contractors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNigAnSl03s ...
The Department of Labor issued additional guidance on the Families First COVID-19 Response Act (FFCRA) to clarify definitions. You can find the new guidance here. Many of you are asking one question in particular: Is my small business exempt? Let's be clear, while a small business...
We've gotten some questions about the Department of Labor not enforcing the Families First Corona Virus Act (FFCRA). The Department of Labor has been instructed to forgo enforcement of the FFCRA for one month. With the law taking effect on April 1, there is a...
Despite the fact that we are in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, NOW is the time to start thinking about recovery. With every challenge comes an opportunity to grow, learn, and do things different than we have done in the past. For small businesses,...