Norma Harris, Senior VP and SBA Group Manager at Third Coast Bank, is our guest on this episode. Norma gets us up to date on the latest revisions of the PPP, which is mostly good news for small business owners who took advantage of this program, and provides more details on the forgiveness aspect of the PPP. 

As people return to work and positive cases spike, we wanted to share some helpful information about what to do when an employee of yours tests positive for COVID. We visit with two seasoned HR Consultants from Employer Flexible as well as our Director of Safety and we discuss what steps to take when an employee tests positive, what are the employer's obligations, how does worker's compensation work in this scenario and more.

Today's podcast focuses on the PPP - what's happened so far, could there be a next round, how to handle the funds if you've received them and more. We revisit a past guest, Bart Caraway, the CEO of Third Coast Bank. Bart talks about the program to date and what could be coming next. We also visit with Ray Dobrosky, Employer Flexible's Controller. Ray focuses on what to do if you've received funds or have them coming. He touches on how the money can be used, how you should track it and more.

The President passed the Family First Coronavirus Response Act on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. We discuss this and several other important COVID-19 related items we believe our clients need to hear.