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Why Small Business Saturday Matters: Celebrating the Heart of Our Communities & Economy
Small Business Saturday, observed annually on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, is a day dedicated to celebrating and supporting small businesses across the nation. This year, it falls on November 30, 2024. Initiated by American Express in 2010, the event...
Why Small Business Saturday Matters: Celebrating the Heart of Our Communities & Economy
Small Business Saturday, observed annually on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, is a day dedicated to celebrating and supporting small businesses across the nation. This year, it falls on November 30, 2024. Initiated by American Express in 2010, the event...
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How Bystander Intervention Rules Work With Anti-Harassment Laws
For your anti-harassment policy to be effective, it must be more than a written policy. It should incorporate different harassment training programs for managers and employees. To motivate workers to spot and deter harassment, you also need a bystander intervention...
The Delta Variant and its Impact on Return-to-Work Plans
As summer 2021 began, government officials and business leaders were optimistic. COVID-19 vaccinations were on the rise and infections were declining. There was a collective feeling we had put the pandemic behind us. Businesses were eager to call employees back to the...
Think Your Business Doesn’t Qualify for ERTC? Consider Material Impact.
Does your business qualify for the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC)? If you answered no, are you sure? As we’ve discussed in previous blog articles, the ERTC has the potential to be the second largest source of financial relief for businesses during...
Small Business Owner’s Guide to Employee Retention Tax Credits
Originally created within the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) is an incentive designed to encourage employers to keep employees on their payroll as businesses face the lingering...
There’s Still Time to Claim the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC)
Even though the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) is set to expire at the end of 2021, there is still time for eligible businesses to claim the credit. President Biden is encouraging eligible businesses to take advantage of this refundable tax credit...
The Top 5 Payroll Processing Challenges of Small Businesses
Asure recently asked small business owners about their experiences with payroll processing and compliance. Do any of these statements from small business owners resonate with you? “I’m a one-man band. Making sure I know what compliance issues...
Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Making it Difficult for Small Businesses to Find Workers
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) extended pandemic relief including enhanced unemployment benefits through September 6, 2021. This program enables jobless Americans to collect an additional $300 per week on top of state unemployment checks. ARPA was...
OSHA Enforcement Priorities and Mitigating COVID-19 Risk in the Workplace
According to a recent survey, more than half of US workers are concerned about the health and safety risks of returning to the workplace. About 60% of those surveyed were afraid employers would get rid of some workplace safety protocols too soon and...
Cloud HR and Payroll Help Businesses Align Cash Flow with Growth
Small businesses are actively investing in change to drive agility, resiliency, and growth. But what is the best way to make change happen? Which investments provide the biggest bang for the buck? How can businesses ensure that cash flow is closely...
7 Signs You’ve Outgrown Your Current HR System
Human Resources (HR) tools must grow in tandem with your company. Doing timesheets, taxes, and onboarding manually might make sense when there are just a few employees, but that changes when a few turns into dozens. Controlling costs upfront makes sense. However,...
COBRA Subsidies Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
On Thursday, March 11, 2021, the President signed the American Rescue Plan Act (the 'Act') which includes continuation coverage premium assistance for certain individuals and their families receiving COBRA due to an involuntary termination of employment or a reduction...
PPP vs ERTC: How to Maximize ERTC with Second-Draw PPP Forgiveness
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was one of business owners’ favorite provisions within the CARES Act. At the same time, many employers overlooked the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) because they couldn’t claim the ERTC if they took a PPP loan....
Employer Health Care Costs: Predictions and Tips for 2022
Health care options and costs are once again a hot topic for many HR and benefits managers this year. Medical costs have been trending upward since 2017 and rose about 7% amid pandemic uncertainties in 2021. According to PwC’s annual healthcare report,...
2021 Compensation: Employer Expectations vs Post-Pandemic Realities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, only 64% of businesses gave base pay increases in 2020, which was down from 82% in 2019. As businesses deal with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, surveys showed that employers were expecting to give small...
What the Latest Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act Means for Small Businesses
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) survived its third major challenge in the Supreme Court on June 17, 2021. In this case, two individuals and 18 states challenged the health care law by arguing they suffered financial injury because of the ACA’s individual...
Higher Growth Companies Do More to Address Workforce Skills Gaps
According to a recent survey by McKinsey, 87 percent of companies worldwide are aware that they either already have a skills gap or will experience one within the next few years. Disruptive technologies like AI and automation have certainly played a...
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: What You Need to Know about New ACA Subsidies
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was signed into law on March 11, 2021. According to a White House briefing, this legislative package is designed to “change the course of the pandemic, build a bridge towards economic recovery, and invest...
Employee Retention Tax Credit: How It Works and How to Get It
www.asuresoftware.com/ERTC With the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) in March of 2020, the main focus for business financial relief centered on the Payroll Protection Program. The goal of the program was to get...
Top 10 Questions to Ask Prospective Payroll Providers
When it comes to payroll solutions, there are plenty of options. Each solution has its own personality. Choosing a solution your business can grow with is a smart approach. While switching payroll services isn’t uncommon, it can be costly in...
COBRA Subsidy in ARPA
The DOL has recently released a webpage full of resources, helpful information, model notices and FAQs related to COBRA Premium Assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) for both workers and families and employers and...
IRS notices dated February 15, 2021 regarding December 31, 2020 Form 940
Have you received an IRS notice dated “February 15, 2021” indicating “Changes to your December 31, 2020 Form 940 - Adjusted Amount Due”?We've recently learned of an error where 940 timely deposits made to the IRS in January for the 2020 period were not properly...
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