42% | Percentage of Small Business Owners Who Say it’s a Challenge to Fill an Open Job Position
With certain jobs becoming harder to fill, wages are growing.
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Information and advice about employees, human resources and other topics related a small business workforce. Related terms: HR, staff, benefits.
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In the COVID-19 Era, Employee Benefits Are Placing More Emphasis on Childcare, Mental Health
COVID-19 has fundamentally reshaped the employee benefits landscape.
Small Business Weekly Job Growth Ends 2019 at an All-Time High
The competitive small business job market continues to drive wage growth higher.
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What are the 20 Fastest Growing U.S. Occupations in Size and Pay Between Now and 2026?
Career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.
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How Many Paid Vacation Days Should Your Full-time Employees Receive?
Typically, the more years an employee has worked at a company, the more vacation days they are allowed.
How Pre-Employment Background Checks Can Protect Your Small Business
The negative impact of a bad hire is much greater in a small company where relatively few people are responsible for so much.
It’s Super Bowl Monday. Do You Know Where Your Employees Are?
With 17.2 million missing employees, today is anticipated to be the largest-ever anticipated day of “Super Bowl-related absenteeism” since the phenomena started being tracked in 2005. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Policy
What is a ‘Nonemployer Business’? | 2018
The U.S. Code of federal statutes contains the term “small business” 1,034 times. Terms like microbusiness or biz are mentioned nowhere in the code.