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How Health Care Reform Helps People and Small Businesses Pay for Coverage

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To be eligible for a premium tax credit, citizens and legal residents must satisfy the following criteria: Have household income between 100-400 percent of the federal poverty line (FPL); for 2014 subsidies , the FPL for employees living in all states except Hawaii and Alaska is $11,490 for an individual and $23,550 for a family of four.

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A return-to-work process after an extended employee absence

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Ensure compliance with all relevant HR documentation and legal requirements. As you bring an employee back to work, be careful to comply with all relevant federal and state legal requirements: 1. What is management of your office building doing to secure and clean common areas and control building access? Summing it all up.

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Business owner beware: FLSA compliance and personal liability

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The nuances between what legally constitutes a person and an employer aren’t always clear-cut when it comes to FLSA compliance. Supervision and control of work schedules. Control or maintenance of employment records. Generally, offering comp (compensatory) time in lieu of paying overtime is not legal for private employers.

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20 of the best small business appointment scheduling tools and apps

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For many businesses, it’s how you “get in the room” (literally, if we’re talking about an in-person meeting). And for other kinds of businesses—such as healthcare, legal services, salons, home repairs, and companies in other service-driven industries—an appointment and a sale may as well be the same thing.

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5 key co-employment nuances that employers must understand

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Co-employment is the legal structure that professional employer organizations (PEOs) and their client companies use to share HR responsibilities. Said another way, determining which individuals are employees (and receive W-2s) and which are independent contractors (who receive 1099s) is a responsibility reserved for the business – not a PEO.

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How to do a company SWOT analysis, and why it matters

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This is what’s happening inside your company – the things that you exercise some control over and can change with the appropriate strategy and effort. Poor accounting or financial practices Undesirable location Neglecting of certain business functions Internal cybersecurity issues. Internal factors. External factors. Opportunities.

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Small business exit strategy: what it is and why you need one

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And that plan puts you in control of how and when you leave. Types of exit strategies Business sale Selling is a popular if sometimes tricky option. For small businesses, an employee buyout often focuses on the sale of the company’s assets.” Liquidate the business’s assets and close the doors for good.