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How COVID-19 is Reshaping Corporate Culture
The outbreak of COVID-19 is radically changing how many U.S. companies operate. Public-safety measures have closed physical offices and made remote working the norm. Travel restrictions have heightened the importance of efficient technology, communication, and collaboration. Executives have had to pivot quickly — reorganizing and rallying their workforce to push forward in an unprecedented time. Some […]
Opportunities in Estate Planning During the COVID-19 Crisis
In the last several weeks, we have seen the drastic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on our health, way of living, and the economy. While these times may feel uncertain, there are still many factors in your control and even opportunities for those who seek them out. This is especially true regarding your estate plan. The
Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering small business, tech, COVID-19, HR, and career tips. NFIB @NFIB@NFIB issued a set of Liability Protection Principles, intended to protect #smallbiz from the threat of unfounded lawsuits as they begin to reopen. Read the full release here: https://www.nfib.com/content/press-release/coronavirus/nfib-issues-liability-protection-principles-for-americas-small-businesses/ IRS Small Biz @IRSsmallbiz#IRS
CNY Tweets — May 11, 2020 Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering small business, COVID-19, HR, and career tips. IRS Small Biz @IRSsmallbizThe employee retention credit encourages employers to keep employees on their payroll, despite experiencing economic hardship related to COVID-19. #IRS has posted FAQs to help you
A roundup of recent COVID-19 crisis opinion polls
At the time of this writing, one of the biggest issues surrounding the COVID-19 crisis has been the question of when to ease social-distancing restrictions and reopen states and regions for business. There has been a flurry of public-opinion polling on that issue in recent weeks, so this seemed like a good time to sort
Slow, Strategic, Safe: Preparing for a Return to the Workplace
“The worst economy ever,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently said. Let that sink in for a moment. More than 30 million workers have filed for unemployment benefits in the last six weeks. Emerging data is shedding light on just how dis-equitably the economic pain is being distributed throughout our communities, with many of the
Three Rules for Connecting in a Crisis
Silence can be a dangerous strategy for companies right now, but striking the right tone in communications isn’t easy. Here are three rules for staying connected through the crisis. In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, no business wants to strike the wrong note with customers, employees, or the public. Marketing may seem like an irrelevant
New York Enacts Paid Sick-Leave Law
The budget bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on April 3, includes an amendment to the Labor Law that requires New York employers to provide sick leave to employees. The legislation becomes effective 180 days after it was enacted, which appears to be Sept. 30, 2020. The amount of sick leave an employer is required to
Is Your Company’s Bench Deep Enough During Difficult Times?
In the uncertain times that COVID-19 produced, business leaders were forced to face the fact that employees might not be available every day to do their jobs. That is either because of their own health concerns or because they were scrambling to make child-care arrangements because of school closings. And, as the economy takes a
How to be an informed consumer of polling and survey data
We live in a world awash with polling and survey data. Any time you read or watch the news, you are likely to encounter a story reporting the results of a public-opinion poll. That is especially true in 2020, being both an election year and a period of intense opinion-research activity related to the coronavirus.
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