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Small Businesses Remain Optimistic But Aren't Hiring

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Small Business News and Trends, Small Business Jobs, Surepayroll, Payroll, Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation, Small Business Hiring, Small Business News

Small businesses remained optimistic in May, but few had plans to hire more workers, according to a poll released Thursday by online payroll services ...

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April Employment Showers

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Earnings, Jobs, April, Unemployment, Payroll, Productivity, Unemployment Rates, Business News

The first quarter of 2012 has been a wild ride. After an inexplicably strong late 2011 and early 2011 the flow of macro data has turned dramatically less encouraging.

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House GOP Offers Deal In Big Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Boehner Payroll Tax Cut, Payroll Tax Cut Extension, Video, House GOP, John Boehner, Payroll Tax Cut, Payroll, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, House Gop Payroll Tax Cut, Payroll Tax, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House GOP leaders announced Monday they were putting forward a "backup plan" that would extend the payroll tax cut for 10 months, while ...

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Top White House Economist On The Job Market's 'Encouraging Sign'

Reuters | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: White House, Video, Unemployment, Alan Krueger, President Barack Obama, Reuters, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Tax Cut, Jobs, White House Chief Economist, Payroll, Unemployment Aid, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Business News

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - January U.S. jobs data shows the economy continues to heal, top White House economist Alan Krueger said on Friday, str...

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Saving, Not Spending, For the Holiday

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Small Business Loans, Holidays, Education Savings, Insurance Policies, Pawn Shop, Economy, Flushing Queens, Immigration, Asian Immigrants, Chinese American, Holiday, Christmas, Banks, Vacation, Payroll, Life Insurance, Business News

FLUSHING, N.Y. -- On the Wednesday morning before Christmas, there were no fir trees for sale in New York City's Flushing, Queens. The sidewalks were ...

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Friday Talking Points -- Fine With Me!

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Payroll Tax, Payroll Tax Holiday, Payroll Tax Cut Extension, Payroll Tax Cut, Payroll, Politics News

We're going to devote all the talking points this week to the efforts by Democrats to pass both the payroll tax holiday extension and a desperately needed unemployment insurance payment extension before the January 1 deadline.

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When Is It Best To Hire A Contractor?

Donna Fenn | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Contractors, Small Business America, Small Business, Employees, Young Entrepreneurs, Hiring, Startups, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurs, Payroll, Entrepreneurship, Young Entrepreneur Council, Business News

When is it better to work with contractors rather than hire employees?

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Prosecutors Charge CityTime Employees With $80M Fraud

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloomberg, Government, Payroll, Citytime, Mayor Bloomberg, Payroll System, Ny News, Broken Goverment, New York News

That federal prosecutors charged consultants of CityTime, the city's payroll timekeeping program, in an $80 million fraud scheme is but the latest pro...

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Weekly Audit: Tax Cuts for the Rich Extended

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Congress, Social Security, Obama, Ui, Republican, Bush, Estate, Colorlines, White House, Tax, Unemployment Insurance, Tax Cut, Bank, Crisis, Payroll, In These Times, Economy, Politics News

Weekly Audit: Tax Cuts for the Rich ExtendedBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger Congressional Republicans and the White House struck an ...

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Open Letter to IRS: End Employee Misclassification Now

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Treasury Department, Uncollected Taxes, Employees, Workers, Language Interpretation Industry, Irs, Social Security, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Worker Misclassification, Department of Labor, Obama Administration, Obama, Employee Misclassification, Misclassification, Justice Department, Minnesota, Misclassification Law, Politics, Language, Dol, Language Interpretation, Federal Government, Maine, Workers Compensation, Breaking Politics News, Payroll, Payroll Costs, U.S. Department of Labor, Politics News

It's time for the IRS to get serious about the practice of employee misclassification, which will continue to add billions in tax losses if left unchecked.

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Dean Baker: Job Sharing Could Ease Unemployment

The Atlantic Business Channel | Derek Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Stimulus Plan, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Job Sharing, Jobs, Paul Krugman, Payroll, Recession, Dean Baker, Business News

Paul Krugman today solidifies his membership in the Job Squad, that growing contingent of bloggers and policy mavens calling for a new stimulus direct...

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Employment Drops in a Pink Slip Blizzard

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Payroll, Payroll Drop, Labor Department, U.S. Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON — In a shower of pink slips, U.S. employers cut jobs last month for the first time in more than four years, the starkest signal yet t...

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