covid money maskAs employment lawyers, we always try to be alert to new trends in employment law and practice. In this article, we describe one emerging trend that we believe we have begun to see in recent months, and we offer one related item of advice for employment lawyers.

The trend: fraud by employers in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), created by Congress earlier this year to help employers meet payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The advice for employment lawyers: Time to add the False Claims Act to your arsenal of tools used to represent your employee clients.