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Reporters often find great sources from other media and that’s exactly how NEMR Total HR President Steve Sweeney landed on CBS-Bloomberg Business Reports. It was following his interview in the Wall Street Journal that Steve heard from Joe Connelly asking if Steve would like to comment on small business hiring for one of Joe’s daily …
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Some might say the mindset of the American workforce is in a fragile state. With the COVID pandemic entering year 2, a transition in U.S. governmental leadership and continued financial struggles for many, the environment could be described as challenging. Couple that with an expectation to return to “business normalcy” and you have an extra …
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Help may be on the way to millions of Americans and specific businesses thanks to the new American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which President Biden signed into law on March 11th, 2021. What are the implications for employers and employees? For one, nearly 8 out of 10 Americans are expected to receive stimulus …
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Let’s look at the Biden agenda and how you can prepare your business for the changes that are likely to come. It has been less than 100 days since President Biden took office, but the early signs indicate numerous issues that employers will need to grapple with over the next four years. We take a …
It is a new benefits landscape. The pandemic has changed employee attitudes and subsequently, it has changed how businesses are looking at benefits for 2021 and beyond. So what are the most popular employee benefits? What’s in and what’s out? Here’s what we’re seeing at NEMR Total HR. Telemedicine Even before COVID-19, insurance carriers were …
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Governor Murphy’s recent signature on New Jersey’s law legalizing marijuana for adults ages 21 and older ushers in a new age of employee protection in the Garden State. New Jersey is now the only state in the country that protects employees from being fired, discriminated against, or eliminated as a job candidate just because they …
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Let’s look at how remote work has changed recruiting. If you are anticipating business growth post-pandemic, you may be planning to ramp up your recruiting efforts just about now. As you do, it’s important to think about how COVID-19 has changed the workforce, especially when it comes to employee expectations regarding remote work. According to …
Can businesses require employees to get vaccinated? Now that the supply of COVID-19 vaccine is ramping up, businesses have one more pandemic problem to solve: what, if anything, should they do about employee vaccinations? It’s a question fraught with legal and ethical challenges and because this is all new, and the situation is rapidly evolving, …
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On February 9, 2021 NEMR President Steve Sweeney was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on small business hiring in January. Many small businesses are anticipating a strong recovery once more Americans are vaccinated, so they’ve started bringing employees on board, Steve told reporter Hannah Lang. “We spoke for a good 20 minutes about …
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Employees are nervous. They are worried about their safety as they return to work, according to a recent Harris Poll. It reveals that 67 percent of employees are feeling more stressed due to COVID-19. But their concerns don’t stop there. There are nagging issues like the future of the company and their jobs, how they’ll …