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What to Know About Expiring Unemployment Benefits | BerniePortal

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As the COVID-19 pandemic winds down in the United States, more than two dozen states have elected to suspend or opt out of offering federal unemployment supplements.

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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Can Save Your Business Money

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It’s a Federal tax credit available to employers for hiring individuals from certain target groups. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) provides income tax incentives to businesses that hire workers that have significant barriers to employment, as outlined by the Department of Labor. How do businesses benefit from the WOTC?

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Millions of US citizens face bleak future with the lapse of unemployment benefits

HR Digest

Many companies either furloughed or laid-off employees, and governments stepped in with unemployment benefits and stimulation payments for affected people and businesses. For millions of Americans, Labor Day (September 6) represented dangerous crossroads as two primary federal Covid protection packages were ended.

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What the Biden COVID plan means for employers

Business Management Daily

So is what the effort means for employers. Here are the basic plan elements and how they will impact how you run your organization. The federal government, however, has limited jurisdiction to impose such a move. Federal buildings and all forms of interstate travel would fall under the mandate. Employers’ role.

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Biden’s unapologetic worker agenda could mean big changes for employers

Business Management Daily

Employers will have to adapt to a new environment where the balance has shifted from pro-employer to pro-union and pro-worker. Employers who don’t start acting now to evaluate, and when necessary update, their policies and procedures may very well find themselves playing catch-up later. The measures now move to the Senate.