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The recently passed Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provides for expanded access to business loans under the Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan program. Businesses affected by the COVID-19 outbreak may be able to take...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created worker shortages as well as travel and social distancing restrictions to limit the spread of the virus outbreak. Accordingly, the ability of regulated facilities to meet all federal regulatory requirements has been directly impacted...
On Friday, March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). The CARES Act provides emergency assistance for individuals, families and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic,...
Faced with evidence of community spread of the COVID-19 virus in Hawai’i, the state and county governments have announced various measures to contain transmission of the virus, quarantine visitors to the islands, and encourage social distancing, all of which have...
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary challenge for all employers, particularly small businesses already trying to make ends meet. Stay-at-home orders issued by several states, including Hawai’i, intended to stop the rapid spread of the disease, have forced...
Firm News Coronavirus (COVID-19): Goodsill Continuing Client Services Mar 21, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Goodsill Continuing Client Services We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and continue to take active steps to protect the well-being of our...
Employers, it is time to evaluate your compensation setting policy. Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that, in Hawai’i and other western states, an employer cannot use a “prior salary alone or in combination with other factors” to “justify a wage...
Employers should expect the Hawai’i Supreme Court to put the decision under a microscope. Employee’s "uncorroborated" and "self-serving" side of the story must be elicited and addressed before the decision is made. Employer’s documented reasons for termination “should...
Congress has avoided another government shutdown. The legislation, titled the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018,” is a 2,149-page behemoth that funds the federal government until September 30, 2018. Previously, the Trump Administration had signaled its intent to...
On February 1, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) regulates discharges of pollutants that travel indirectly through groundwater into a navigable “water of the United States,” such as the ocean. In Hawai’i...