Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay If I had a nickel for every time that someone asked me to draft a waiver for employees to sign to release COVID-19 workplace claims before they get coronavirus. Damn! I could get some of those premium gumballs from the peeling-paint red machines just…
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Is PPP new and improved in the new Senate stimulus package? Let’s find out…
image via Peakpx After several days of recording videos, and a few too many comments about my mustache, I’m going to give my index fingers some exercise today for this blog post. Pour yourself a double ☕ with an extra shot of 5-Hour Energy, because we’re talking PPP and Senate…
What the heck is a COVID-19 business liability shield? I’ll explain…
Ponfield / CC BY-SA Based on new legislation introduced yesterday in the Senate, you’d have a better chance of getting through Captain America’s shield than emerging victorious in a lawsuit against a business from which you allegedly contracted COVID-19. I’ll explain why in this video.
The CDC wants you to know these 5 things about COVID-19 tests for employees
U.S. Centers for Disease Control / Public domain Where did this week go? I meant to share with you earlier this resource document from the CDC on employee COVID-19 tests in non-healthcare workplaces. Well, better late than never. The CDC describes strategies for SARS-CoV-2 viral testing for five categories of people: Testing individuals…
The Senate unanimously passed that House PPP reform measure
United States Senate / Public domain I planned to follow up yesterday’s George Floyd post with a rundown of some of the many social media employment casualties featuring workers whose racism was really showing this past week on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Folks, my Google Alerts were pumping…
The CDC now has flowcharts to help businesses reopen. Want to see?
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay About a week ago, there were reports that the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention was about to release this interim guidance to help businesses reopen. But, it never saw the light of day. Late last week, however, the CDC released some flowcharts to…
PPP 101: Don’t use the loan proceeds on jewelry, fancy cars, and child support
Image by 350543 from Pixabay Yesterday, I wrote here about how a small business that obtains a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program can avoid government scrutiny. But, if you’re more risk-aggressive — or, you know, YOLO! — here’s how to have the U.S. Department of Justice all up in…
Small businesses that took out a PPP loan can breathe a small sigh of relief.
Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay I didn’t say that its time to triple-fist fruity cocktails. But, then again, who am I to judge? Forget the drinks for now and remember that feeling when your business got its Paycheck Protection Program loan. Pretty good, right? You felt like one of…
The most important COVID-19 shelter-in-place HR blog post since ever.
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Readers, I have failed you. For several weeks, I’ve been up to my eyeballs in coronavirus HR-compliance miscellany. Rather than spew it all into this blog — as if that’s even possible — I’ve tried to distill it into bite-sized pieces for you to consume. But, I’ve…
The best 19 traditional Thanksgiving sides (2019 edition). You won’t believe number 4!
Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay Back by popular demand because, frankly, no one is reading this blog today anyway, I’m putting the kids to bed early and getting an early start on Amateur Night keeping up The Employer Handbook tradition of ranking the foods that you will eat tomorrow.…