Earlier this week, on July 1st, 2020, Chicago enacted the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance. Coming at the same time as an increase in the minimum wage, the Ordinance supports and enforces workers’ rights to a fair and predictable schedule.
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Minimum Wage Increases Today
Today, July 1st 2020, Chicago’s minimum wage goes up. The increase marks the second stage of a plan to incrementally reach $15.00/hour by 2021. The BACP published full rules on their website; here are the essential details:
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Freelancing During COVID-19? Five Reasons For An LLC
Freelancers work at the mercy of the market. If you’re freelancing during COVID-19, the see-sawing economy may make you want to shelve your business for a while. But this may actually be the ideal time to officially form an LLC…
New Cannabis Licenses Delayed, Leaving Minority Entrepreneurs In The Lurch
“Social equity” status was a trademark of Illinois’s cannabis legalization legislation. It aims to give a leg up to license applicants from overpoliced, underinvested, and primarily minority neighborhoods. However, despite the promise of fairness, they must wait a while longer.…
The New PPP Rules: Updates from the Latest Law
Last updated June 9th, 2020
Another day, another round of revisions to the PPP.
On June 5, 2020, the President signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (“the Act”), a set of changes to the current rules for the…
Belmont Now – A Great Group of Small Businesses
Yesterday, I attended a Meet Up of a group of small business owners on Belmont Ave. There are already a lot of great businesses there, and they are working hard to make Belmont Ave. even more of a destination. It…
PPP Stress: Our Founder’s Revelation
I recently had an epiphany about PPP loan forgiveness, thanks to a wise G & G Law attorney, Rebecca Lyon. For weeks, she was gently explaining to me that I didn’t need to stress about loan forgiveness quite so much.…
SBA and Treasury Release Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application
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Business Insurance and COVID-19: 5 Coverage Questions [Guest Post]
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COVID-19 Employer Questions: New Shelter-in-Place Order
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