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Ohio's Stay at Home Order & Florida's Executive Order

Client Alert
March 23, 2020

See the important details of the March 22 Ohio Stay at Home Order and the March 20 Florida Executive Order. 

For Ohio - click here to see the full order and visit Coronavirus.ohio.gov for additional information.

For Florida - click here to see the full order and visit floridahealthcovid19.gov for additional information.

If you have any questions, please contact BMD Government Affairs Member, Victoria Ferrise at vlferrise@bmdllc.com, or feel free to contact your primary BMD Attorney.

 

 

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The Reasoning Behind Governor DeWine's $775 Million Budget Reduction

May 7, 2020This week, Governor DeWine announced $775 million in cuts to the state operating budget due to financial repercussions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.Client Alert

Ahola '10 Minute Tuesday' with BMD's Jeff Miller: Reopening Ohio, New Responsibilities Employers are Facing

May 5, 2020BMD Employment and Labor Member, Jeffrey C. Miller shared insights on what reopening of Ohio means for Employers on Tuesday, May 5, with Ahola HR Solutions and Payroll. Jeff discussed wage and hour, contract tracing and more.Client Alert

Term Sheets Finalized for Main Street Lending Program

May 4, 2020The Main Street Lending Program (“MSLP”) is designed to provide support to small and medium-sized businesses during the current pandemic. The availability of additional credit is intended to help companies that were in sound financial condition prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic maintain their operations and payroll until conditions normalize. The loans will be provided by funds invested by the Department of Treasury. The terms sheets have been finalized for the program, which should be up and running shortly.Client Alert

Employment Law Pitfalls in the New Normal

May 1, 2020This week the state of Ohio announced its Responsible RestartOhio plan and issued a Stay Safe Order amending to Department of Health’s prior order, designed to get people back to work and gradually reopen the state, available at https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/Directors-Stay-Safe-Ohio-Order.pdf. This new order directs employers to require their employees to wear masks (with certain limited exceptions) and recommends changes to shifts, break times, and use of break rooms as a means to limit the spread of the virus. These workplace developments raise a number of potential concerns regarding wage and hour issues, reasonable accommodation, employee medical information, and off-duty conduct policies.Client Alert

Did You Know that Certain Expenses May Not Be Deductible if You Received a PPP Loan?

May 1, 2020On April 30, 2020, the IRS issued a Notice stating that for Federal income tax purposes, certain expenses that would otherwise be deductible in a taxpayer’s trade or business may not be deductible if the taxpayer received a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”).
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