Building Endurance Series: Pierce Atwood

Date and Time

Thursday Apr 30, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Thursday, April 30
12:00 - 1:15pm

Location

Zoom Webinar

Fees/Admission

Members: Free
Non-members: $55

Contact Information

Kara Morgan
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Description

AGC MA BUILDING ENDURANCE SERIES: LEARNING TO NAVIGATE THE COVID-19 CRISIS

An AGC MA series addressing:
The immediate challenges that COVID-19 represents to the workforce, clients and employees. The broader resiliency issues during shut-downs. The critical plan in returning business to scale as quickly as possible. The shift in the regulatory and competitive environment.

Please join us for another webinar of the series presented by Tom Dunn, Suzanne King and Mary-Laura Greely of Pierce Atwood.

Considering options for your employees: when and how to use paid leave, furloughs, layoffs, and PPP loan proceeds to protect your construction business and the interests of your employees.

Building on what we covered in the first program, we will take a practical look at the pros and cons of the various options available to employers. This webinar will focus on employment issues and practical strategies for maximizing the forgiveness of PPP loans. Regarding employment issues, we will explain the options available to employers as well as potential traps. We will address key questions such as:

• Now that Massachusetts schools have gone virtual for the balance of the school year, what policies can/should I maintain for my employees who have school-age children?

• What if I have work available but my employees would prefer to collect unemployment?

• How are the tax credits for the paid leave programs going to work?

• Is everyone entitled to paid leave even if they don’t have the coronavirus?

• Can I cut my employees’ pay but require them to work full time?

• How can I maximize loan forgiveness if I just don’t have enough work to keep all of my employees?

• Can I keep my employees on the payroll for 8 weeks and then furlough them after I have spent the PPP loan amount?

• Can I maintain my PPP Loan proceeds in my regular business checking account until they are all used up?

• How long can I wait to disburse amounts out of the PPP loan if I’m still deciding on various ways to allocate among all my company expenses?

• What other critical measures should I be taking to protect the paper trail to maximize PPP loan forgiveness in the future?

Join us for a discussion of these and other related issues. Please send any questions in advance to info@agcmass.org.

Tom Dunn
Tom is the practice group leader of Pierce Atwood’s construction law group. Tom represents contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, owners, and other participants of the construction industry on public and private construction projects in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. His services include contract drafting/negotiation, project consulting, and dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration, or trial. Tom is also the Editor of the AGC MA’s publication, Building Best Practices. Tom will field questions and moderate this discussion by his law partners Suzanne King and Mary-Laura Greely.

Suzanne King
Suzanne King is a partner in Pierce Atwood’s Employment Practice Group and is a member of the firm’s COVID-19 task force. An experienced management-side employment lawyer, Suzanne counsels employers in various industries on a wide range of employment practices, including: hiring, managing employee performance and discipline, terminations, reductions in force, complaints about sexual and other harassment, reasonable accommodations under the ADA, leave under the FMLA and various state laws, wage and hour practices, including employee classification issues and pay equity, and data privacy and security.

Mary-Laura Greely
Mary-Laura Greely is partner in Pierce Atwood’s Business Practice Group. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions involving private and public companies, private equity, venture capital, and general corporate representation. She advises companies on strategic acquisitions and dispositions, equity structures, debt and equity financings, management buy-outs, corporate governance and succession planning, employment, intellectual property protection, and licensing arrangements. Her clients represent a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, information technology, construction, health care, medical device, financial services, retail and consumer products.