Nearly half of all states in the U.S. have announced new minimum wage rates for 2021, most with an effective date of January 1, 2021. While the federal minimum wage...
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On October 8, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released an amended application (Form 3508S) for eligible business owners seeking forgiveness from their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. This simplified form...
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Two separate pieces of legislation with the word “deferral” have been passed in the last six months to provide more cash flow during the pandemic. While one is for employers...
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On Saturday, August 8, 2020, President Trump issued an executive memorandum for an employee payroll tax deferral that would allow Social Security tax withholdings and payments be postponed until 2021...
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Update: On June 17, 2020, the SBA released two “borrower-friendly” updates to the PPP loan forgiveness application to reflect changes made to the program by the PPP Flexibility Act. See...
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Update: On June 17, 2020, the SBA released two “borrower-friendly” updates to the PPP loan forgiveness application to reflect changes made to the program by the PPP Flexibility Act. See...
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Unauthorized overtime? What you should do...Let's say you have a company policy that says employees must get permission to work overtime, but they work overtime anyway --- without authorization. What...
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It’s after January 1, 2020; do you have any “exempt” employees making less than $35,568 per year? If so, you’ll need to comply with the new overtime rule by following...
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The IRS recently issued a new, redesigned Form W-4 that looks drastically different from the former version. While the IRS says it “reduces the form's complexity and increases the transparency...
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Ready for more increases to minimum wage? While the federal minimum wage is still $7.25 per hour, many states have adopted minimum wage rates higher than the federal rate. When...
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