Alexander Migl / CC BY-SA A Texas entrepreneur is learning this lesson the hard way. (If only he had read my earlier blog post) On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced here that authorities had taken a Houston, Texas man into custody on allegations that he fraudulently obtained more…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…