Rebuilding your business after forced closure mandates and lockdowns is exciting for many reasons. You get to bring your staff…
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5 Steps to a Successful Employee Onboarding Experience
When hiring a team, it’s important to select the perfect candidate for your business. However, it’s almost equally as important…
Here are the New Hire Forms You Need for Each Staff Member
Hiring a new employee means you’re going to have a lot of new hire forms to fill out. In fact,…
Hiring Best Practices in a Post-Coronavirus World
You’re most likely no stranger to hiring employees. However as you look to fill new positions that you created in…
How to Implement Coronavirus Workplace Safety Guidelines
With many states reopening after forced closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, business owners across the nation are now planning…
Reflecting on Small Business Week 2020: A Thank You to Local Businesses
It’s Small Business Week this week. Right now, there is no shortage of hot takes on what’s happening to small…
Bringing Furloughed or Laid off Employees Back to Your Business
If your business was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic that brought on social distancing and forced closures, you may now…
How to Communicate with Furloughed or Laid off Employees Using Homebase
If coronavirus forced closures and social distancing impacted you as a small business owner, your employees in furlough or laid…
How a Doggy Daycare is Coping with the Coronavirus Pandemic & Preparing to Reopen
The While it’s no secret the dogs of America have been relishing the extra quality time as we remain stuck…
A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Complete an I-9 Form
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires all employers to certify that an employee is legally allowed to…
A Guide on the Paycheck Protection Program and How to Apply
The Paycheck Protection Program, the largest component of small business relief included in the $2 trillion CARES Act, was put…
Free Resources for Everyone Stuck at Home During Coronavirus Pandemic
If you’re not considered an essential business or worker, you’re most likely stuck indoors right now. There are a wide…
A Guide to Federal and State Tax Extensions in 2020
As part of the national emergency declaration due to COVID-19, the IRS has extended the federal income tax return and…
What to Know about Short-Time Compensation Programs
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) recently passed by the federal government in response to the impact…
What to Do with Your Staff if Your Business Temporarily Closes: Salary Reductions, Furloughs and Layoffs
COVID-19 is forcing an unimaginable number of small businesses to lay off their teams without much notice. And since 94%…
A Breakdown of how the CARES Act Helps Small Businesses and Workers
On March 27, the $2 trillion coronavirus relief law—also known as the CARES Act—was passed by the federal government to…
10 Million Unemployment Claims: Just The Tip of the Iceberg
Because we fundamentally track the work of small businesses and their employees, we were able to see in real-time the…
The Real-Time Impact Coronavirus (COVID-19) is Having on Small Businesses and Workers
The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a devastating impact on small businesses and hourly workers whose hours, shifts, and…
How to Use Homebase in a Coronavirus World
COVID-19 is forcing many communities to adopt social distancing and work-from-home lifestyles, resulting in many challenges for small businesses. In…
A Guide to the Paid Leave Rules in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
On March 18, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law to help employees at small businesses…
