by Matt Kinnear | Mar 19, 2021 | Compliance, Industry News & Information
President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) into effect just last week. The Act was signed with the intention to provide financial assistance ($350 billion to be exact) to states, counties, municipalities, territories, and tribal governments to help...
by Matt Kinnear | Jan 28, 2021 | Industry News & Information, PEO
Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) passed in December 2020, the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), a provision of the CARES Act, is extended through June 30, 2021 to eligible employers who retained employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CAA...
by Matt Kinnear | Jan 12, 2021 | Industry News & Information
The new guidance for the third-round Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which includes two interim final rules (IFRs) that will take effect immediately, was issued last Wednesday night by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury. The two new interim...
by Matt Kinnear | Dec 15, 2020 | Industry News & Information
The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech Friday evening. Yes, employers can require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine (and fire those who refuse), but few are expected to. “Under the law, an employer...
by Shellie Rich | Oct 16, 2020 | Industry News & Information, Technology
Traditional meetings already had potential to become a quick headache before the age of COVID. People were dispersed across locations, making it hard for traditional meetings to be conducted. This difficulty has reached a new level post COVID; however, communication...
by Shellie Rich | Dec 6, 2019 | Industry News & Information
Most people think of management and leadership as a quality you either have or you don’t — and that may be true to a certain extent — but anyone can learn and develop the skill of leadership. In fact, recent studies have shown that approximately 30% of leadership...