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Bringing Employees Back To Work In The Coronavirus Reopening
Businesses that are reopening, or expanding from a skeleton crew, are finding employees sometimes hard to bring back to work. The most successful companies develop a flexible strategy for reemployment of their workers. Why won’t employees come back? A variety of reasons includes unemployment benefits, child care, healt
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Worried About Social Security Cuts? 2 Moves to Make Right Now
It's no secret that Social Security has been struggling financially for years. It's long been a hot-button topic in Washington, and more retirees are
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What Employers Need to Know about 401(k) Plans
In a tight labor market, businesses need a retirement savings plan to recruit and retain good workers. In fact, about 80% of Americans work for an employer with a 401(k)-style retirement plan. In the following conversation, Robert Diedrich, president-wealth management division, First Midwest Bank, discusses recent rule
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How Should Small Businesses Measure Cybersecurity?
How do you know if your business is safe and secure online? Measuring how effective your cybersecurity is can be tricky for small businesses. Cybersecurity firms make use of complex key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure how effective their security tactics are, but building these systems is generally beyond the
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Four Key Elements of a Good Estate Plan
The type of estate plan you have depends on your personal situation. But here are four basic elements every plan should include
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Pay transparency can narrow the gender pay gap — but may not close it
Pay transparency can reduce the gender gap during salary negotiations, though other factors such as aggressiveness and competitiveness also come into
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To Raise Prices or Not to Raise Prices: Tariff Tips for Small Businesses
Tariffs have put businesses and the customers they serve in a bind.
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Shop smarter, not scared: Your stress free holiday security checklist
Here's a checklist of all the things you can do to watch out for yourself when shopping online this holiday season.
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4 reasons it will take more than a year for the US to get back to full employment, according to Fitch
The US won't return to full employment until the fourth quarter of 2022, Fitch Ratings said Wednesday. Matching workers' skills with new jobs will take time, as will a rebound in workforce participation. Some workers - particularly older Americans - are likely permanently discouraged from work, Fitch added. See more st
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5 pending changes that could impact year-end small business tax planning
Congress has been debating a number of big bills that contain tax changes. Some of the proposed changes are favorable; many are not. All of them may