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Employee Benefits That Matter: How Small Businesses Win Big With Their Teams

Vantage Circle

In today’s Start-up boom, as a small business owner, you’re constantly striving to stand out in a crowded market. Advantages of Offering Employee Benefits: The Power of Employee Benefits Many small business owners hesitate to invest in employee benefits, assuming they’re too costly. A survey by Frac.tl

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8 ways to be smart about intellectual property

Insperity

Intellectual property includes products of the mind, such as literary works, art and creative design, inventions, symbols, scientific discoveries – even ideas or concepts. Trademark: Safeguards commercial identity or brand by discouraging other businesses from adopting a name or logo that is confusingly similar. Know the law.

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A return-to-work process after an extended employee absence

Insperity

Ensure compliance with all relevant HR documentation and legal requirements. As you bring an employee back to work, be careful to comply with all relevant federal and state legal requirements: 1. Identify essential functions of the job. Determine the employee’s current capabilities and restrictions. Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

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How to do a company SWOT analysis, and why it matters

Insperity

This may include: Key players across every internal business function All employees – to source ideas and truly involve them in shaping the future of the company Certain customers or industry partners (ex., Be creative and strategic in selecting attendees. You want to capture the most accurate, comprehensive view of your organization.

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Small business or nonprofit: Which should you start?

Ruby

Small business owners tend to be driven by a fiery passion for what they do. In such cases, maybe a standard, for-profit business model isn’t the right fit. If you’re starting a business but want to focus on supporting a cause or community, maybe forming a nonprofit makes more sense. What legal structures are available?

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19 years, 19 lessons: insights from helping small businesses grow since 2003

Ruby

We’re feeling fortunate to have been in the game for nearly two decades—a milestone few businesses achieve. This isn’t just about how far Ruby has made it; it’s about the thousands of small businesses we’ve supported along the way. The value of a small business’s time Another priceless asset? The result: only 2.5

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Shortage of high-quality data threatens the AI ‘boom’

Workplace Insight

It claims that these risks are exacerbated by a lack of transparency that is hampering efforts to address biases, remove harmful content, and ensure compliance with legal standards. Intellectual property law must be urgently updated to protect the UK’s creative industries from unethical AI model training practices.