can i go beneath the salary floor of 54k?
Until you've had your team 16 weeks, you can go under the salary floor with no repercussions. Once you reach the 16 weeks, you can still go under the salary floor but you'll still pay that amount in salaries (i.e., if the salary floor is 54 k, whether your team salaries are 53k or 5k, you'll be paying 54k).