Jun 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Economic
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, posted a revised, borrower-friendly Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness application implementing the PPP Flexibility Act of 2020, signed into law by President...
Jun 15, 2020 | Calendar, COVID-19
Due to COVID-19 related social networking restrictions and subsequent limitations on the number of people allowed to participate and how play is to be conducted, the ABC Central Ohio annual golf outing has been cancelled. Next year’s date has already been set – July...
Jun 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Economic
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently announced the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is deferring the due date for employers to pay their June, July, and August premium installments until Sept.1. Governor DeWine said the deferral is designed to help...
Jun 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Economic, Legislative Update
Per a communication from Beth Lear, ABC of Ohio’s Vice-President of Government Affairs, Senate Bill 310 – a COVID-19 emergency relief bill with an amendment to repeal a 1997 prevailing wage exemption for Transportation Improvement Districts – was halted by the Ohio...
Jun 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Economic
Following last week’s passage in the Senate and being signed into law by the president, SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued a statement on the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, while also announcing that...
Jun 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Legislative Update
For the first time in anyone’s memory, Ohio House Republicans are responsible for expanding an 89-year-old union-giveaway – the “prevailing wage” statute. Worse, they did this by adding a last minute amendment, hijacking a must-pass emergency COVID-19 relief...
