According to the Small Business Administration, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as...
Until recently, employers in only a handful of industries had to provide significant reporting on COVID-19 transmission in the workplace. But as of May 26, new Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines require a much wider range of employers to determine whether employees caught the...
A lot has changed in the early months of 2020. Many workers found themselves working from home for the first time. But working from home can be a challenge even under the best of circumstances. If you’re working from home for the first time, the...
Congress recently passed legislation to loosen some of the restrictions that came with the popular Payroll Protection Program. As of June 4, both the House and the Senate have passed these new provisions with near-unanimous approval and the president is expected to sign the bill. This...
No, there is no universal lifting of restrictions, but the CDC is looking forward to a time when businesses can slowly start reopening. As the CDC explains: "It's important to continue to follow federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local guidance for reopening America." Its extensive guidance includes...
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PPP Alert Last Thursday, the Small Business Administration announced that the $350 billion in loan money available through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) had been fully disbursed. Over the weekend, the government worked on finalizing an agreement for an additional $450 billion in economic relief, which will...