You may be starting to think about what to get your employees as a nice holiday gift. Cash? Gift cards? What Your Employees Want for the Holidays According to a just released survey from Randstad US, the one thing employees loved most about the holidays was having some time off from work. In the survey, […]
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What doe your business need to know about dealing with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)? The commission is the federal body policing the country’s anti-discrimination laws. They investigate charges of discrimination against small businesses. They are an entity with arms in every state. Long story short it’s a good idea to have good
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The Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch reported a slowdown with a job growth index of 99.89 for October. Wage growth has also slowed down slightly with national hourly earnings at $26.07. Still, the last three months have been the most stable in the Small Business Jobs Index’s history. October 2017 Small Business Employment
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After 88 years in operation, family-owned Buehler’s Fresh Foods is selling the business, not to any old buyer though, to its employees. Through an Employee Stock Ownership program (ESOP), the small Ohio-based grocery chain, is selling its 13 supermarkets to its eligible employees. The new company will be run by three veteran executives of the
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Small business owners need to find secure insurance policies that are affordable. Traditionally, their market has been underserved by both carriers and brokers. That’s where Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Insurance could fill the gap. P2P Insurance for Small Businesses The idea is simple. Small business owners use pooled resources to cover the things they need to run
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Wages at small businesses across the country continue to rise but job growth at the same companies has stagnated. That’s according to the latest Paychex | IHS Small Business Employment Watch. September 2017 Small Business Employment Statistics The manufacturing sector saw some job growth. But nationally, only the Midwest saw jobs increase at small businesses.
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Fewer small businesses are offering healthcare coverage to their employees than have in recent years, according to recent research. Small Business Healthcare Coverage Trends The Kaiser Family Foundation found that only 50 percent of small businesses with between three and 49 employees offer healthcare coverage to employees. That’s down from 59 percent that offered coverage
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Did you know that employers who don’t file the required Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) reporting forms with the IRS may be subject to a $3 million maximum penalty? That’s enough to keep you up at night! And that’s just one legal requirement. Employers today face a wide range of employee recordkeeping requirements, as this infographic
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California is currently considering a bill that would require some small businesses to offer 12 weeks of maternity and paternity leave for employees. Up for Consideration: New Parental Leave Law in California The New Parent Leave Act would apply to small businesses that have 20 employees or more. If passed into law, it would require
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Covered California, the state’s public health exchange, seems to be stabilizing the health care market in California, even as similar programs in the rest of the country seem to be floundering. For this reason, the program could serve as a model for the rest of the nation — and for the small business sector in
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