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What’s the Best Return-to-Work Policy?
Create a policy for your employees to return to work safely while helping your business thrive.
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Payroll Forms Small Businesses Should Know About
Ensure compliance and a smooth-running payroll department by using these payroll forms.
5 Things to Look For in a Payroll Vendor
The right payroll vendor can help you cut down on time, effort, and errors each pay period.
What’s the Best Return-to-Work Policy?
Create a policy for your employees to return to work safely while helping your business thrive.
How Employers Can Improve Employee Culture and Morale
Here are 8 tips to add positivity to your workplace and strengthen your company’s culture while facing today’s challenges...
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7 Employee Handbook Examples You Should Steal From
An employee handbook can be crucial in building a positive workplace culture and employee loyalty, but they're not easy to write. That's why we're breaking down the process for you and offering you six employee handbook examples.
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Creating a Diversity and Inclusion Statement for Your Business (With FREE Workbook)
A diversity and inclusion statement can illustrate your organization’s commitment to fostering a welcoming workplace that celebrates differences.
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The Types of Employment: A Quick Reference Guide
In a labor market that’s become more complex, employers could have as many as six or seven classifications of workers onboard at any given time. Working alongside full-time, part-time and temporary workers are seasonal and contingent workers. By hiring different types of workers, organizations can adjust their staffing needs according to economic fluctuations and peak […]
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10 Workplace Lessons Learned from COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed everything about the workplace. Here’s how businesses can plan for the future with information they learn from this crisis.
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How to Calculate Gross Pay to Net Pay
When it comes to a paycheck, the less miscommunication the better. Here's how to calculate gross to net pay-- and why it matters.
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Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Baby Boomer: The 4 Leading Generations in the Workplace
Learn about the characteristic differences of each generation in the workplace.
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What Is Employee Turnover (and Why It Matters)
Employee turnover is a major concern of businesses of all size. But what does employee turnover really mean and what can be done about it?
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10 Creative Ways to Show Employee Appreciation During a Crisis
Here are budget-friendly, but still impactful, ways to express employee appreciation during COVID-19.
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If an employee gives two weeks notice, are they entitled to take their remaining PTO during that time?
It may be tempting to deny vacation time to employees who give their notice to avoid being in a bind, but is it legal?
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At what point does an hourly employee become eligible for benefits?
Find out when hourly employees are eligible for benefits
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What Qualifies for an Unpaid vs. Paid Leave of Absence?
Between medical leave, vacation, and parental leave, which are you legally required offer your employees? Which ones qualify as a paid leave of absence?
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How Maternity Leave Works: The Employer’s Guide
All your questions about maternity leave answered, plus learn how a supportive policy boosts productivity, helps retention and increases company loyalty.
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List of 2020 Federal Holidays for Small Business Owners
When designing a paid time off policy or managing PTO requests, take this list of 2020 federal holidays into account
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Download Free, Printable "Face Mask Required" Signs for Your Businesses
Download these free 8.5 x 11 signs for your business to use in response to COVID-19
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List of 2021 Federal Holidays for Small Business Owners
When designing a paid time off policy or managing PTO requests, take this list of 2021 federal holidays into account
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What to Say When Terminating an Employee (with Sample Scripts)
Separating an employee is never easy – for the worker or the HR staff member. The challenge is to conduct the meeting in a professional way that not only protects the rights of the business, but those of the employee as well.
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Top 10 Ways to Improve Employee Efficiency
How can leaders improve employee productivity while still saving time? Here are the top 10 things you can do to increase employee efficiency at the office
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Email Examples and Templates for Staff and Customer Correspondence
Ready to reopen for business? We crafted sample memos to send to employees and customers announcing your return.
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If You’re in HR, Send this Email About Coronavirus to Staff (Free Template)
If you're in HR, use this email template to communicate to your staff regarding coronavirus and flu prevention
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Which U.S. States Are Reopening? The Complete List of Open and Closed States
After weeks — even months — of shutdowns because of the coronavirus pandemic, the country is beginning to slowly reopen.
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Federal unemployment payments end this month
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he will begin the legislative process for the next round of pandemic aid in the next few weeks — a timeline that allows the federal supplement to unemployment benefits to lapse for tens of millions of American workers.
Pro Publica
SBA reports all funds were disbursed but many SBOs still waiting for money
The Small Business Administration announced earlier this week that the Economic Injury Disaster Relief program had allocated and disbursed all $360 billion it received from Congress during the initial rounds of COVID-19 stimulus funding. The program allows small businesses to apply for up to 6 months of operating expenses directly from the government and approximately 8 million business owners applied.
The SBA reports that it has disbursed 99% of the funds, yet a survey last week from the National Federation of Independent Businesses found that only 55% of approved applicants actually received the money…
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Small business bankruptcies could disrupt mortgage market
Last year’s changes to bankruptcy laws have the potential to cause a spike in home mortgage modifications tied to small business bankruptcies.
The new code allows borrowers to change the terms of second home mortgages to avoid losing their property when declaring bankruptcy, restructuring, or settling small business debt. These protections were further expanded in the pandemic rescue legislation passed earlier this year.
Because of current low interest rates, these changes could seriously disrupt the mortgage market as more small businesses go out of business, modify the terms of their loans, and cause a subsequent devalua…
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