by The Coppola Firm | Jan 21, 2021 | COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship
With President Biden’s inauguration this week, his American Rescue Plan is an initiative to “change the course of the pandemic, build a bridge towards economic recovery, and invest in racial justice.” Costing $1.9 trillion, its goals are to rescue the economy...
by The Coppola Firm | Dec 18, 2020 | Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship
On December 16, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published guidance about mandatory COVID-19 vaccines. One main takeaway is that employers are permitted to require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 vaccine. Whether to mandate such a...
by The Coppola Firm | Nov 18, 2020 | COVID 19
On November 9th, many parts of Erie County were designated a Yellow Zone, and on November 18th, most of Erie County became a COVID-19 Orange Zone. These new terms came with more COVID-19-centered guidelines, all enacted to stop the spread of the virus. If you’re...
by The Coppola Firm | Oct 12, 2020 | Business, COVID 19
The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration jointly have released a simplified loan forgiveness application – so long as the loa was $50,000 or less. This should aid small businesses in getting their loans forgiven, provided they have met the...
by The Coppola Firm | Sep 16, 2020 | Business, COVID 19, Employment, Entrepreneurship
A Presidential Memorandum issued August 8th directed the Secretary of the Treasury to use his authority to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee’s share of Social Security tax for employees generally earning less than $4,000 in gross wages...
by The Coppola Firm | Sep 14, 2020 | Business, Compliance, COVID 19, Employment
As we’ve written about before, the federal government’s worker-friendly legislative answer to the coronavirus was to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) which became effective April 1, 2020. On Friday, September 11, 2020, the...
