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Due to the PPP Flexibility Act, the SBA has released updated forgiveness applications. Yes, I said applications, because they have now released an "EZ" version, along with the more complex original. Below is a video I put together to help you determine which application you should use, along with links to the apps and instructions! [vimeo 430717492 w=640 h=360] https://vimeo.com/430717492 (PPP Forgiveness New App Walkthrough) from https://vimeo.com/user11614220 (People Processes) on https://vimeo.com (Vimeo). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXUH9VNOyFstVcw8iLDuhbeU6YMzjjtI/view?usp=sharing (FA$TRAK BORROWER INFORMATION FORM) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Urjva2k9TpUya64X-v95ev8uwvVmMOWV/view?usp=sharing (PPP Forgiveness Application 3508EZ ( Revised 06.16.2020)) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UacQ0Hqd23OwXGsop1oo5hw984ucNKwh/view?usp=sharing (PPP-Loan-Forgiveness-Application-Form-EZ-Instructions) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UWt4cjNXftx_S-He1A8Sn4gQMgaFrs-J/view?usp=sharing (PPP-Loan-Forgiveness-Appl

The idea of outsourcing work used to be a questionable practice, whether for ethical reasons (i.e. exploiting lower wages) or patriotic ones (i.e. stealing jobs from Americans). Today’s guest explains why these concerns are nothing more than misconceptions, and why hiring VAs, particularly from the Philippines, is becoming more popular with U.S. companies today than ever before. While many small businesses now see the potential value in outsourcing, the process itself may seem daunting. What are the differences between the online and in-person hiring process? How can you make sure that your VA is using their time wisely? What should American employers keep in mind when communicating with Filipino employees? Today’s guest answers those questions and more. We have interviewed John Jonas, the founder of OnlineJobs.ph, to discuss the step-by-step process for scouting for, interviewing, hiring, and managing Filipino VAs. 1) How has outsourcing changed in the last 11 years that you’ve been managing OnlineJobs.ph? I

Today, we're gonna be talking about the fact that many states have made laws that presume COVID-19 was contracted at work and makes you liable via workers' comp for any contraction of COVID-19. We're gonna talk about that and we're gonna talk about how to fight back against that argument and what would happen if you were to have a claim. First though, please subscribe to our podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, pretty much any podcatcher of your choice. You can also subscribe to peopleprocesses.com, which will give you exclusive subscriber-only content.  Now, let's dive into this. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order creating what they're calling a rebuttable presumption to receive workers' compensation benefits, that employees who test positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus at work. Now, what that means is they have created an executive order that says, if you got COVID-19 and tested positive, there is a presumption that you contracted the

Today we're going to be taking a look at the PPP Loan Forgiveness Application, which was released on Sunday, May 18. We're going to go through it. I am recording a video of this as well, which will allow us to, if you'd like on our website, I'll have a link to the video. We'll have our standard transcript. We'll have a link to the forgiveness application itself. But if you'd like to watch a video where we go through it together, that would be awesome. As I said, I'm going to record that, and this way we can work on it together and kind of go through it piece by piece. So open that up now.  Now, in the meantime, if you haven't already, please subscribe to our podcast and notifications at peopleprocesses.com we're also available on iTunes, all the podcatchers of your choice, Google podcasts, Stitcher, whatever you'd like Spotify, check us out on there so that you know when we have great updates like this.  Now, I'm going to switch over and I'm now sharing my screen. So let's take a look and dive in.&n

Today we're going to be interviewing David Veech. David teaches leaders how to love, learn, and let go so they can create a workplace that fully engages the creative and productive powers of their people. He learned through 20 years of service in the army and is still learning after 20 years of being in the consulting and training space. His messages will hopefully inspire you and your teams to obliterate obstacles, accelerate innovation, and evaluate performance, leaving everyone motivated and engaged for the future. We're very excited to have him here. Before we do though, I want to ask you, please subscribe to our podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, pretty much any podcatcher of your choice. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com which will give you exclusive subscriber-only content, including a quick summary and checklist after this interview of some of the key highlights.  David, thank you so much for coming on, Sir. Welcome to the show. This is very exciti

At some point, businesses big or small will run into the issue of wasted time which, by extension, turns into wasted money. Usually, it’s a case of the business owner or a manager becoming too involved with tasks that ought to be delegated to others. To address such cases, time analyses should be conducted to identify the issues, which should then be documented. This can be as simple as taking out a piece of paper and writing down your observations. Many small business owners, however, lack the time or inclination to do this. Larger businesses, on the other hand, tend to have so much documentation piled up over the years that extracting the right solutions from this heap of information may become overwhelming. Even if they already have processes in place, other possible obstacles include adoption, usability, or effectiveness. In either case, it may help to enlist the services of a third-party organization. FUEL it was created to tackle these common challenges faced by businesses of all sizes. We have intervie

James Sinclair is the CEO and co-founder of the EnterpriseAlumni as the market-leading alumni in the retiree engagement platform.  EnterpriseAlumni is a multinational software corporation that develops enterprise software that manages corporate alumni and retirees of large companies like Google, P&G, Pearson, etc.  James has a background in large enterprise innovation and has worked for companies like IBM, SAP, and EDS. He also contributes to media on the future work of large enterprise innovation and entrepreneurship.  What Do You Think About the World of People Working for The Same Company Being Over? The reality of this situation is that people are more mobile, they are more willing to move. They don’t feel the need to stay with a company for life as our fathers or grandfathers did. As there are more opportunities in the market, there is more desire and value in moving elsewhere and getting a diversity of experience. People are going to move jobs, often. There is a saying

Today, we're going to actually dive into a checklist, which will be available on our website of great information to reopen. It's our return-to-work checklist and I'm so excited to be talking about this. We may not be all there, we're not all be reopening coming up soon, some of us may have never shut down. But this episode, we're going to talk about some of the steps you can take to get ready for that. Before we go too deep, though, I want to ask you, please subscribe to the podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, pretty much any podcatcher of your choice. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com which will give you exclusive subscriber-only content. This is going to have on our website People Processes. There's a link to actually download the checklist that we're going to be going through here on the podcast today. Podcasts are great, but sometimes you just need to download it. You will have to drop your email in to get it. If you're already subscribed, please don't be a

Today, we're gonna be taking a deep dive into Five Wage and Hour lawsuits that we're seeing from actions employers took related to COVID-19. We just want to go through these, hit the highlights, see if there's a place you can fix this now before people start contacting lawyers. Before we go too deep, I want to ask you please subscribe to our podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, pretty much any podcatcher of your choice. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com which will give you exclusive subscriber-only content. I look forward to seeing you there.  Now, let's dive in. Employers are forced to make tough decisions often at really fast speeds as they operate during the pandemic and resulting economic shutdown that we've had by making tough decisions without consulting legal counsel. Well, people can get involved in very expensive lawsuits specifically Wage and hour suits. Particularly, class actions are the most common and expensive for employers. There was a great w

Many companies, now that the PPP funds have been distributed, are making the big decision this week on whether to layoff employees or not. I wanted to bring another option to the table to protect your team when they can not work. Obviously, the "best" option for the employee is paid leave, but that’s unaffordable for some small businesses (see our info on the FFCRA to see if that could help though!). Furloughs, on the other hand, allow employers to cut labor costs without severing that relationship fully. What is a furlough? A furlough is a suspension from work without pay for a finite period of time. It can be mandatory or voluntary. While public and private institutions can both furlough employees, you’re probably most familiar with them at the federal level. Workers are often furloughed as a cost-saving measure during a government shutdown. It also happens sometimes when labor organizations can't come to an agreement or budget with the employer. Organizations do this when they don’t want to lay off staff b

Today, we're going to be diving into the interactions between Unemployment and the Paycheck Protection Program or the CARES Act. We're going to talk a little bit more about that in just a second. But before we go too deep, please subscribe to our podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, pretty much any podcatcher of your choice. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com which will give you access to subscriber-only content, lots of links on these pages, supporting documents, checklists and special discounts on things like our in-depth deep dive into the termination process, including 30 and 32 part lesson, state-specific information, all the forms you need. If you wind up going down the route of layoffs or terminations could be super helpful for you. For that, we have a 50% coupon code for subscribers to bring that price down a ton.  Now let's dive in. The CARES Act has had far-reaching implications for our clients and listeners. I, personally, have tried to stay out of

Today we're going to be interviewing Rocky Romanello. He has had an illustrious career spanning more than 40 years focused on supply chain logistics, retail sales, sales operations, all kinds of things at UPS, including the UPS Store franchise network. He became the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors for UniTek Global Services, a provider of engineering construction management and he is currently the founder and CEO of 360 Management Services, LLC. He's an experienced CEO, he's led one of the largest rebranding initiatives in franchising history. The UPS Store revolutionised the $9 billion retail shipping and business services market. And we're going to talk to him today about leadership and his journey and the advice he can give us for our growing companies. Before we go too deep though, I want to ask you, please subscribe to our podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google, podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, pretty much any pod catcher of your choice. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com, which

Today we are interviewing Ralph Peterson. He is the owner and operator of Ralph Peterson LLC, which is a Management Development Company. It specializes in helping mission driven organizations, built five star management teams, primarily in the long-term care industry. In addition to Peterson LLC, Ralph was also a number one bestselling author, internationally syndicated columnist, highly sought after Management Development coach and a public speaker. So we're excited to have him on. We thought with his intersection between the long-term care world's medicine and management in general, he'd be a great guest on today's podcast. Before we bring him on though, I want to ask you, please subscribe to the podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, any pod catcher of your choice. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com where you will get exclusive subscriber only content. I look forward to seeing you there. Now let's get over to Ralph. Ralph, welcome to the show. Thank you so much

Today we're speaking with Kris Plachy. Kris has poured her life's work into learning about understanding, and then guiding leaders through the tricky path of learning how to lead a team in a space where there's a lot of noise and advice. Kris has designed the "How to have team leadership" through her lead your team roadmap, and we're super excited to have her. Before we dive in though, I want to ask you to please subscribe to our podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, any podcaster of your choice. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com where you will get some exclusive subscriber-only content, like our current telework checklist for going home base for your employees.  Kris, thank you so much for joining us today. Welcome to the show. Thank you. It's my pleasure to be here.  I'm super excited to talk with you because a lot of business owners right now are going through some difficult times. And I want to hear about how your leadership strategy works. But first,

And today, we are interviewing Amber Hurdle. Amber hurdle is the CEO of Amber Hurdle Consulting. It's a multi-award winning talent optimization firm. They pioneers using both science and marketing principles to strengthen customers' brands from the inside out. She really helps with costly business problems like ineffective recruiting turnover, under performance, declining morale, leadership gaps, and we are so excited to have her in the show today.  Before we dive too deep, I want to ask you real quick, please subscribe to our podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, pretty much any pod catcher of your choice. And you can subscribe at peopleprocesses.com which will give you exclusive subscriber only content. Last week for example, we sent out sample furlough letters and updated policies around the Family's First Coronavirus Relief Act. This is recorded 3-23. Our subscribers had sample policies 24 hours after the law passed.  Now let's dive in. Amber, thank you so much

This is going to be Part VI of our COVID-19 Q&A. These are just questions that are coming in hot from our various employers and subscribers. We want to help before we dive in too deep. Today, what we're going to be talking about employer liability concerning this worker's comp, basically, and so we're gonna go into kind of the ins and outs of that before we do though, please take a moment to subscribe makes a huge difference. You can subscribe on the pod catcher of your choice. That's iTunes, Google podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, whatever. But also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com. Information is changing quickly. We're providing tons of subscriber only content, like our sample communication letters furlough notices charts and explanations for quick reference, all sorts of sample policy versions of the FFCRA pieces. We want to get those out to you quickly. Podcasts are hard to get a lot of info out like that. So subscribe to People Processes for us so you can get a copy as well.  All right, let's dive r

This is Part V of our COVID-19 Q&A series. We're gonna be talking about health insurance applications over the coronavirus, including layoffs and furloughs. We're going to talk about specific coverages that are being offered new enrollment periods, all kinds of fun stuff. As we dive in or before we do, do me a favor, please subscribe. It makes such a difference to our ability to continue to produce long-form free content like this. You can find us on iTunes, Google podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, any pod catcher of your choice. Also if you subscribe at peopleprocesses.com we have subscriber only content, including sample communications that you can use to send out to your employees, edit them, run by your attorney if you'd like. And everything from communicating furloughs to how these benefits change or work. We want to help you communicate those, peopleprocesses.com to subscribe.  Now let's dive right in. The first question and I apologize if I sound a little funny, I've got a really bad allergies here

This is going to be Part IV of our Q&A on COVID-19. And we're going to talk specifically a little bit about the FFCRA (Families First Coronavirus Response Act). Since the last podcast episode, this is past. It's a law that provides many provisions, but some of them are things like, paid sick leave and paid emergency family leave for those employees. The question we're going to be addressing is, "If I lay off an employee, do I have to pay this new sick leave and when does that kick in?". We're also going to talk about the differences between a "layoff" and a "furlough" as that seems to be coming up quite a bit in our chats.  Before we go too deep, please subscribe to our podcast. If you can find us on iTunes, Google podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, any pod catcher of your choice makes a huge difference. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com. If you're on there right now, where you go there, a little pop up will show up. It's also in the top right. We have tons of exclusive subscriber only content,

Today, we are interviewing Bill Coletti. We are so excited to have him on. He is a reputation management, crisis communications and professional development expert. He's been the Wall Street Journal risk and compliance panelist. He's a best selling author of "Critical Moments: The New Mindset of Reputation Management," and he has been on the senior counsel in crisis management, corporate communications and reputation defense to a ton of clients such as ATt&T, Target, American Airlines, Home Depot, Xerox, Nuclear Energy Institute, Cargill and major universities. And I can't wait to get his insight and plans into how we can react to this. Just crazy time. Before we go too deep though, I want to ask you to please subscribe to our podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Google podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, any pod catcher of your choice. You can also subscribe at peopleprocesses.com which will give you exclusive subscriber only content. Now, Bill, thank you for coming on the show. I'm so excited to have you. Rhamy,

Today, however, we are doing Part III of our COVID-19 Q&A, so we're gonna be talking about Coronavirus. Today's Part III is all about, basically, employee's right of refusal to come to work, what sort of things you have to deal with in terms of unreasonable expectations of security equipment. How does that work? We're going to be going in there now.  Part I. We talked about telecommuting guidance. Part II. We went into what actually needs to happen if someone is sick or suspected of having the virus. Tomorrow or on our next episode, we will be talking about the, "How group health insurance coverage section Coronavirus? What sort of ways can you take advantage of that?" Part V. We're going to talk about the employees who are calling in sick. So we're about Wage and Hour related issues related to Coronavirus. Do we have issues with how are we going to pay these people when they're working from home? Those sorts of issues. Finally. Part VI. We're gonna talk about employer liability. Probably the least i