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A business owner’s guide to effective, compliant workforce management

The Great Pivot: How Marketing Focus Can Save – And Build – Business

Snap, crackle, pop.Every American knows what those sounds mean, but we might not if Kellogg’s took the same approach to marketing as Post at the beginning of the Great Depression – a lesson that is especially relevant today.(Although that’s important, too!)On Oct. 24,...

Understand the Rules to Ensure SBA PPP Loan Forgiveness

The Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP), the loan program established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Security (CARES) Act to help small businesses pay employees, had a chaotic first two weeks. By design, the program uses banks to receive applications and administer...

Paycheck Protection Program Opens Friday, April 3, 2020

The $2 trillion financial relief package, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Security (CARES) Act, was passed last week and signed by President Trump. This law is racing to roll out a wide variety of stimulus programs designed to:deliver immediate, direct financial payments...

What is HR Forecasting?

Forecasting—whether it’s business forecasting, human resources forecasting, or financial forecasting—is the process of using data, insights, analytics, and experience to make predictions and preparations to meet a specific business need. According to the Institute of...

Maintaining a Safe Workplace During COVID-19

Employers should check Federal, State and Municipal guidance often for updates that impact their business and their employees. To help you stay on top of this rapidly evolving situation, Asure has compiled a list of Federal, State, U.S. Territorial, and select...

DOL guidance: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Updated guidance 3.24.2020 taken directly from DOLThe Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to...

New York: Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

Employers should check Federal, State and Municipal guidance often for updates that impact their business and their employees. To help you stay on top of this rapidly evolving situation, Asure has compiled a list of Federal, State, U.S. Territorial, and select...

Unknown Territory: What COVID-19 Means For FMLA and Workplaces

For most people, it’s only been a week or so since the global COVID-19 pandemic totally upended their world. Employees have found themselves working from home, dealing with a vastly increased workload … or had their hours cut and possibly found themselves out of work...

Coronavirus Updates for Employers: March 19, 2020

Employers should check Federal, State and Municipal guidance often for updates that impact their business and their employees. To help you stay on top of this rapidly evolving situation, Asure has compiled a list of Federal, State, U.S. Territorial, and select...

COVID-19 Resource List

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource List for EmployersFederal, State, US Territories, and Major LocalitiesGeneral Coronavirus Information: Safety, Situation Updates, and GuidanceWorld Health Organization (WHO)Centers for Disease Control (CDC)United States...

Legislatives Updates: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Employers should check Federal, State and Municipal guidance often for updates that impact their business and their employees. To help you stay on top of this rapidly evolving situation, Asure has compiled a list of Federal, State, U.S. Territorial, and select...

Legislative Updates in Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Employers should check Federal, State and Municipal guidance often for updates that impact their business and their employees. To help you stay on top of this rapidly evolving situation, Asure has compiled a list of Federal, State, U.S. Territorial, and select...

HR Challenges for Growing Companies

Entrepreneurs and business leaders are working hard and putting in long hours to secure funding, hire talent, and grow revenue. However, it’s important to ensure your business also attends to its workforce strategy especially during periods of rapid growth. Creating...

How to Develop a Staffing Plan

Whether you’re an entrepreneur or a business leader, it’s important to be ready to grow your workforce and fill the need for talent. That’s why more growing businesses take time to develop a formalized staffing plan to ensure the right people with the right skills are...

Coronavirus: What Employers Need to Know

Employers should check Federal, State and Municipal guidance often for updates that impact their business and their employees. To help you stay on top of this rapidly evolving situation, Asure has compiled a list of Federal, State, U.S. Territorial, and select...

New Overtime Threshold Changes

On January 1, 2020, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rules 2020 took effect. The updates to the federal overtime law make more than a million workers in the U.S. newly eligible for overtime pay by boosting the salary threshold from $455/week or...

Changes to the W-4 Form for the 2020 Year

The IRS has officially released the final version of the 2020 Form W-4, retitled Employee’s Withholding Certificate. Form W-4, also known as W4 Form 2020, was redesigned to reflect changes to the federal tax code that went into effect with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...

Keeping up with the FMLA and Paid Family Leave Changes in 2020

About 2.1 million civilian federal workers will be eligible for up to 12 weeks paid parental leave beginning in October of 2020, thanks to legislation President Donald Trump signed into law last year.The law is part of a larger effort underway in both the U.S....

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