How to help recent hires thrive in your company from their very first day. Most business owners recognize that finding, interviewing and hiring new employees takes time and money. Ultimately, it’s an investment in their company. But they don’t always give as much thought to onboarding—to making sure that new hires are effectively integrated into the organization. The first three months, in particular, are critical. With planning and a little…
How to relocate your business to another state. When you look at relocating your business to another state, you have several issues to consider beyond ordering new business cards and sending out change of address postcards to your customers and vendors. If your business operates as a registered legal entity, such as a corporation or a limited liability company, it is linked to the state where it was formed. If…
As a small business owner, it’s understandable if keeping up with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act doesn’t top your list of priorities. After all, the law’s primary mandate for employers—to offer a certain level of affordable health coverage to employees—applies only to employers that have 50 or more employees. (Even that requirement is being postponed for a year.) However, at least one upcoming requirement of the ACA applies…
SBA, HHS deploy online resources to help you learn more about health care reform. We all have questions about the Affordable Care Act, whether it’s deciphering facts from myths or trying to understand what your options for health care coverage are now and in the future. As small business owners, getting the right information from a credible resource is critical. One new tool is the U.S. Small Business Administration’s health…
Prices will increase for many, but not all small businesses in 2014. There are still a lot of unknowns about the Affordable Care Act, but there is one thing that most experts agree on: Health insurance is going to become more expensive for many businesses next year. To learn what companies with fewer than 50 employees can expect, Thinking Bigger Business interviewed Ron Rowe, Blue KC’s department vice president of…