Retaining top employees as competition intensifies is a key pressure point for organizations of all sizes. Nearly 8 in 10 finance and accounting managers are concerned with keeping valued employees due to low morale and high rates of burnout because of heavy workloads. The culprit behind these drastically declining rates of retention all point to…
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Small businesses around the country are being urged to apply for the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and its Targeted (EIDL) Advance Grant Program. This is aimed at helping those businesses most impacted by the pandemic and those who applied for the program last year that did not receive full financial assistance. SBA
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Ever apply for a job, land an interview, then never hear back from the employer? Sure, it’s happened to many of us. The practice of ‘ghosting’ has become common over the last year. However, it happens on both sides of the table. Often, the job candidate pulls a vanishing act – even when a job
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Last week, the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a new round of Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) assistance, known as “Supplemental Targeted Advances”. This will make $5 billion in additional grants available to small businesses hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. New Grant Details The new program offers an extra $5,000 that doesn’t need to
Latest SBA Grant Program Aimed at Helping Small Businesses Read More »
Small businesses now have an additional two months to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program. The March 31st deadline has been pushed to May 31, thanks to the Senate on passing the PPP Extension Act of 2021. Passage of the PPP extension came nearly one week after the House approved the bill. In addition to
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The $1.9 trillion stimulus plan called the American Rescue Plan is just one signature away from becoming law –And here’s what you need to know about it. While most Americans were focused on the $1,400 stimulus checks, it’s the extension of the child tax credit in the relief legislation that many are calling a radical
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Now that the House and Senate officially passed the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, you may be wondering when will the $1,400 stimulus checks go out. The House plans to pass the amended COVID-19 relief bill Tuesday, with President Biden signing it into law before March 14. After that, the IRS can speed up the process
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Starting today, Wednesday, Feb 24, small businesses with fewer than 20 employees can apply for forgivable loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The application window is limited and will only be open for a total of two weeks. One billion dollars will be set aside primarily for businesses owned by minorities and women. This
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The Raise the Wage Act of 2021, a Democrat-led bill introduced last month, was dropped from a Senate bill last week. However, despite President Biden recently stating a wage hike was unlikely, the House Education and Labor Committee included the provision in a first draft release of Biden’s $1.9 Covid-19 relief package. Now, Democrats aim to push
Is Biden’s $15 Hourly Wage Increase Worth Losing 1.4 Million Jobs? Read More »
As negotiations continue on the third round of stimulus checks, it appears fewer Americans would get them. Democrats have recently released a new bill adopting the same phase-out thresholds used for first and second-round payments. The bill will become part of the larger one that’s being pieced together as part of the Biden Administrations’ 1.9
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