For U.S. businesses: The Small Business Administration has just released new details on the Paycheck Protection Program. Funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
New Regulations
A big part of ensuring business success is ensuring that your business is staying atop on all of the latest local and national regulations and how they are changing. Staying atop of the constant changes can be difficult for a business owner who already has a lot of other issues to worry about, but failure to understand the changes can spell out potential legal issues that can be very costly. It is best to be proactive. These blog posts will provide you with all the latest updates or changes in regulations and how they will impact your business. Located in the Greater New England region, we at Navigate want to help your business perform better. We will break down new regulations and make it easy for you to understand what exactly they mean. Topic examples include what “Ban the Box” is, steps to ensuring immigration compliance, and minimum wage changes.
The Massachusetts State Treasurer’s Office is Giving Employees Paid Parental Leave
Deborah Goldberg, Massachusetts’ state Treasurer, has announced that 175 office employees will now be eligible to receive up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave. This new policy, which was adopted on June 3, 2015, and effective immediately, applies to both men and...
Will the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Increase Affect Your Small Business?
The recent sweep across the nation to increase minimum wage has been affecting both large and small businesses. The increase, which began in January of 2015 for the state Massachusetts, is now at an all-time high of $9.00 an hour for minimum wage workers. But the wage...
Why New Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door for Pregnant Women
In 2008, Samantha Elauf, a Muslim woman, sued the retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for discrimination after the store refused to hire her because her hijab clashed with the store’s dress code. On June 1, the Supreme Court sided in an 8-1 decision with Elauf. According...
Department of Labor (DOL) Regulations Every Business Owner Needs to Know
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) was established in 1913 with the mission to "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for...
Why Changes In Connecticut’s Overtime Wage Law Means Double Trouble For Violators
The Passage of Senate Bill No. 914 Effective October 1, 2015, Connecticut businesses will be required to remunerate their employees to the tune of twice the amount of any unpaid overtime wages. This is because the state recently signed into law Senate Bill No. 914, an...
How to Offer Big Benefits at Your New England Small Business
No one ever said running a company was easy. New England small-business owners embrace the challenge, taking on the difficult work of staying afloat in a crowded sea of larger competitors. Just because a business is small doesn’t mean it can’t enjoy some of the...
What is Ban the Box and Why Small Businesses Should Know About It
Recently, many U.S. states and cities have enacted bills to “Ban the Box” and prevent employers from requiring job applicants to disclose their criminal backgrounds. Such laws offer applicants with criminal histories an opportunity they’ve long been looking for: to...
How “Ban the Box” Affects Small Business in NYC
While New York City’s (NYC) Fair Chance Act may bring new challenges to the city’s business owners, it is hoped that the new law will have a positive economic effect by allowing much of the city’s talent pool to apply for positions where they might not previously have...
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