Dec 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
When service-based businesses like restaurants and hotels reopened after the COVID-19 lockdowns, many workers didn’t return. Workforce analysts and economists believed enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits were to blame and expected people to return to...
Dec 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a previous blog, we examined The Great Resignation and why it’s not only difficult for businesses to hire new workers, but retain the talent that’s currently on staff. Businesses are reeling from the mass, voluntary exodus of workers who are choosing...
Dec 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Thousands of businesses that filed for the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) have been waiting much longer than expected to receive refunds claimed when filing amended returns on paper 941-X forms. Unfortunately, those businesses may have to wait even...
Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
According to the 2022 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey, CIOs expect IT budgets to grow 3.6% representing the fastest year-over-year growth rate in more than a decade. About two-thirds expect to increase spending on cybersecurity and about half...
Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In response to an order from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) announced it had suspended efforts related to the workplace vaccine mandates and mask mandates for employers with 100 or more...
Nov 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have been doing whatever it takes to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for employees. That’s one reason why employers began to consider whether to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for employees once...