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For over 50 years, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has recognized and celebrated the contributions of American entrepreneurs and small business owners during National Small Business Week (NSBW). More than half of all Americans...
LinkedIn is a great tool to add to your recruiting strategy, if you’re not already using it. Because so many people keep their work history updated on LinkedIn, there’s a great chance you’ll find...
Your employee handbook is an essential resource for communicating company policies with your team. It encourages fairness and consistency within your small business by showing your staff that everyone is subject to the same...
Small business owners always have a full plate of responsibilities; from finding leads and making sales pitches to ensuring payroll gets processed and new employees are properly trained, they likely have next-to-no work-life balance...
It’s likely that one of your team members will be summoned for jury duty eventually. Although it’s an important civic responsibility, jury duty can be frustrating for employers because of how unpredictable it is....
One of the benefit options that job candidates and employees find most attractive is a 401(k) plan. A 401(k) will keep your workforce happy and financially secure, but you also must consider what it...
Once you hire your first employee, you’ll need to process payroll regularly. That means giving your worker(s) a paycheck and withhold state and federal taxes and other deductions, like insurance benefits. It can be...
Whether you’re looking to solve an existing problem with employee time tracking or to prepare for an upcoming season of onboarding new hires, there are several factors to consider when searching for the right...
This article was last edited on 01/20/2020. For updated information on the Affordable Care Act, visit How the Affordable Care Act affects small businesses. The Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions of the Affordable Care Act...
The Harvard Business Review says that “workers are bad at filling out timesheets,” and as a result, this task can cost Americans an estimated 50 million hours in lost productivity. One of the issues...