Healthcare Reform Delayed a Year for Small Business

Small-business employees will have to wait a year before they can choose their own medical plans after the Obama administration delayed a part of the 2010 U.S. health-care law intended to provide them with coverage options.Starting in 2014, workers at companies with...

Is it Vacation or Paid Time Off?

Traditionally, employers offered separate paid time off benefits to employees, such as paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.  However, in the past decade, many companies have moved to a more flexible Paid Time Off or “PTO” benefit that incorporates all policies...

USCIS Revises Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9

As a reminder, in early March 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each employee hired in the United States....

Proposed Federal Minimum Wage Increase

On June 6, 2012, Republican Jesse Jackson introduced the Catching Up to 1968 Act of 2012, a bill to raise the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.00 per hour (beginning 60 days after enactment). The Bill also proposes that...

Health Reform

Find out more about Healthcare options available to small employers and individuals as a result of Healthcare Reform through the Health Reform Q&A’s and Small Business Tax Credit Examples. Research plans for Small Employers from various carriers as well as...
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