Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have reported increases in anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide. The toll that the pandemic takes on mental health increases daily. Before the pandemic, 5% of employed workers reported poor or very poor...
Now that effective vaccines against COVID-19 are available (although not yet widely), employers are wondering whether they should require employees to get vaccinated. The guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) indicates that generally,...
It was recently announced by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) that beginning the week of January 11, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will re-open for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers. According to the SBA, only community financial...
For most of last year, nearly every aspect of our lives was affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Not surprisingly, issues stemming from COVID-19 were among our most popular business payroll and HR blog posts of 2020. From helping employees through federal and state...
Phishing emails are a type of scam designed to obtain information or prompt certain behavior from their targets. To that end, they typically appear to come from a person or entity we trust. These scams tend to increase during tax season, but there has also been a...