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Top 5 PPP Loan Forgiveness Questions Asked and Answered

A second round of funding worth $310 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was signed into law on April 24, 2020 and the SBA resumed accepting applications from participating lenders on April 27, 2020. According to the SBA’s PPP Round 2 Report, the overall...

Coronavirus Relief: How Does the IRS Employee Retention Credit Work?

Due to the massive demand for assistance from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Security (CARES) Act, Congress voted to approve an additional $310 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on April 21, 2020. The first round of funding was depleted in just 14...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Steps to Building a Small Business Culture

Smaller, growth-oriented businesses don’t always have excess cash to throw at flashy perks like on-site gyms, day-care centers, and coffee bars, but they still have to find ways to compete for the best talent with larger companies that have bigger benefits budgets....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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