Pay, hours worked edge up in June
Small businesses aren’t adding many jobs, but slowly they are having existing employees work more hours and paying slightly more. That’s according to data from 57,000 small-business users Intuit...
View ArticleCal. small-biz hiring slows to a crawl
California businesses with fewer than 20 employees added 0.2% to their staffing in August, slowing substantially from the 1.2% annual growth rate earlier this year, reports Intuit, maker of QuickBooks...
View ArticleCal. small-biz hiring up in January
California small businesses added 0.4% to their payrolls in January, according to the Intuit Small Business Employment Index. Some other states — New Jersey and Maryland each added 0.8% — increased...
View ArticleCalif. small firms add jobs in February
California small businesses increased their payrolls 0.4% in February, slightly higher than the national small-business job growth of 0.3%, according to a survey released today by Intuit, financial...
View ArticleCalif. small firms add jobs in May
California businesses with fewer than 20 employees increased their staffing 0.1% in May, according to the Intuit Small Business Employment Index. Nationwide, small businesses created 45,000 new jobs...
View ArticleAre small firms hiring or not?
Small businesses in the greater Los Angeles area reduced their hiring and pay in November, according to the Small Business Scorecard of SurePayroll, an online payroll service. Year-to-date, the area’s...
View ArticleReport: small-business hiring up 50,000 in January
Small businesses with fewer than 20 employees added 50,000 jobs in January but paid workers less and gave them fewer work hours, says Intuit Inc. xxx Source: Intuit Small Business Employment Index...
View ArticleEmployers need to adjust paychecks
Tax software giant Intuit offers this helpful guide to small-business owners dealing with the last-minute extension of the temporary, federal payroll tax reduction. (Click on the graphic below for a...
View ArticleSmall firms cut pay in February
Separate reports from two online payroll services say that small businesses reduced the average pay for them employees in February. However these reports disagree about firms adding more jobs....
View ArticleHiring up; no, it’s down
Local small-business hiring is up. No it’s down. Two separate reports differ in their assessment of the California small-business job market in March. But there’s a reason. The more upbeat Small...
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