Volume 22 I Thursday, May 28, 2020
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The New Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application
The PPP Loan Forgiveness Application -- changes/highlights:
- 8 week coverage period begins with day of deposit OR can begin with next payroll period after loan is deposited.
- Payroll costs can be incurred within 8-week period, as long as paid on or before next payroll date.
- Non-payroll costs (25% maximum) must be paid or incurred within the 8 weeks, as long as paid before the next regular billing date.
- FTE calc is based on a 40 hour week. Part-timers can be calculated on actual % of 40 hours or, for simplicity, as .5 for each worker.
- Loan forgiveness is lesser of: % reduction of FTE’s multiplied by actual payroll and non-payroll costs, then compared with % of payroll costs to the 75% requirement, multiplied by loan amount. (low FTE’s will hurt since it will further reduce allowable total costs)
- FTE safe harbor: no % FTE reduction if FTE’s on June 30, 2020 are same or greater than FTE’s on Feb 15, 2020
- Application and documentation is due to your bank between July 1 and October 31.
There is talk in DC about extending the 8 weeks to perhaps 24 weeks, and reducing the 75% payroll costs requirement…..stay tuned.
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6 considerations for planning a return to the office
(even when you don’t know everything)
Throughout your planning, many factors may shift and evolve. Remain focused on gathering up-to-date information and listening to your employees.
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3 Email Examples to Prepare Your Print Buyers for the Rebound
Has your world recently been filled with clichés like these: “Tough times don’t last, tough people do.” “This, too, shall pass.” “Every cloud has a silver lining.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t need clichés right now. I need some real breakthroughs. As Harry Truman once said, “The only thing new in the world is the history we...
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Workers Get Presumption for COVID-19
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order requiring that workers who either test positive for COVID-19 or are diagnosed by a physician as having coronavirus are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. The order means that it will automatically be presumed that the employee contracted the virus on the job if they test positive or receive a diagnosis within 14 days of their last shift.Additionally, the employee must have been working at a worksite and not from home to qualify, and the diagnosis must be confirmed by testing within 30 days of the original diagnosis.
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Sample Company Policy PDF
In this Coronavirus (COVID-19) company policy sample, you’ll find guidelines employees should follow during the coronavirus outbreak and temporary alterations of existing sick leave and work from home policies.
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Reopening Your Business
As California moves toward reopening businesses, and as printing has now been designated an essential service by Governor Newsom, printers must implement controls to ensure employees returning to work are safe against contracting COVID-19. Our guide provides recommendations that employers should consider as part of their overall phase-in or full reopening. Note, however, that additional requirements may be mandated by state and local authorities as the economy moves to full reopening.
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The One Question You Need To Ask To Manage Your Remote Workers Effectively
My company is small, and most of us normally work together in a small office in an equally small downtown. We are a wonderfully tight-knit team.
Naturally, the pandemic has made working together in confined, erm, cozy spaces impossible, and we’ve had to improvise. Lunch on Tuesdays is now reserved for a weekly show-and-tell video call. We’ve met one another’s children, partners, and chickens. Birdtrude was a crowd favorite.
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Ask The Experts:
A Candid Conversation with Industry Leaders
Friday, May 29 I 11am-12pm I Free To Members

The global pandemic has printing industry businesses—both large and small—in a perpetual mode of reaction. With all of the uncertainty and challenges, how are industry leaders managing their business, their staff, and their customers? Bring your questions to this very special panel discussion surrounding printing industry business leaders and navigating the impact of COVID-19.
In this interactive 60-minute panel discussion, you’ll gain insights on:
- How business leaders are managing the COVID-19 “new normal”
- Production impact, challenges, and adjustments
- How to keep staff safe, connected, and motivated
- Ideas for staying engaged with customers
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How to Keep Your Business Going in a Changing Environment
Presented By Eye/Comm Inc
Tuesday, June 2 I 10am I Webinar
Join Eye/Comm for a webinar to learn a proven system for integrating direct mail with digital marketing.
The results on average, are 23 - 46% higher response rates than with direct mail alone
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This system integrates 7 technologies to help you reach (and continue to reach) prospects or customers, track your mail delivery, track and record incoming calls, learn who is going to your website and get the contact information of where you can follow up with them without them filling out a webform, AND you will have your own dashboard to see your results first hand.
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In these unprecedented and uncertain times, PIA San Diego is committed to providing the printing and graphic arts community with the most up-to-date resources on the ongoing COVID-19 situation.
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