Safe Harbor for Forgiveness Reduction Factors

• If I rehire people by December 31 does that get me Safe Harbor from the FTE reduction calculation?
• I reduced my staff on May 1 and my Covered Period began May 5. After receiving my PPP funds, I hired my staff back on June 1 and kept them through December 31. Does that give me Safe Harbor?
• Do I qualify for Safe Harbor if I restore my FTE count on December 30?
• We can reduce hours any amount so long as we restore by December 31, right?
• If our company has a reduction in FTEs since the quarantines began, what options do we have as to the actual date we need to return to that same FTE total?
• Our loan funded on April 16 and we will most likely exhaust our funds with our next payroll cycle on June 16. Since business has not picked up at all, we will need to furlough an FTE.
• If I needed to increase my FTE by one, is it as simple as hiring a full-time employee the day before June 30?
• If we chose to proceed with the eight-week option, do we have to continue with staff levels until December 31 or June 30 for Safe Harbor?
• Between February 15 and April 26, 2020, we did in fact have lower FTE than at February 15, however at the end of our Covered Period on June 11, our FTE count was the same as February 15.
• If we have a project that temporarily bumps the FTE count above the baseline period for more than one pay period, does that qualify for restoring the FTEs before December 31?
• If we furloughed 35 employees and brought them back, plus hired another 20 employees within that 24-week period, will that be factored in?
• If my 24-week period ends in August and we furloughed employees for three months but will rehire most of them after the end of our Covered Period, will the Safe Harbor still apply?