Coronavirus

The deadline to apply for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will expire on Saturday with money still available for loans to qualified businesses. Meanwhile, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) says employers still need help. Last week, the NFIB Research Center released a survey showing 71% of small business owners using their entire PPP loan and […]

As more tax professionals consider teleworking during COVID-19, the Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners today urged practitioners to secure remote locations by using a virtual private network (VPN) to protect against cyber intruders. A VPN provides a secure, encrypted tunnel to transmit data between a remote user via the Internet and the company network. […]

NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka will appear on State of Affairs with Steve Adubato this weekend to discuss the challenges facing small businesses during COVID-19. The episode will air Saturday on NJTV at 6 a.m., 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; on Sunday at 8 a.m. and 12 noon; and on Monday at 6:30 a.m. […]

The good news is you don’t have to update your employee handbook to cover all of the temporary rules and programs put in place in response to the pandemic, according to Peter Frattarelli, an attorney for Archer Law. But a review of handbooks is necessary for most if not all businesses, particularly as employers begin […]

The Assembly today voted to burden businesses with the cost of treating workers who get COVID-19 by making it a presumption that they caught the virus at work and therefore are entitled to workers’ compensation coverage. While NJBIA supports making sure essential workers get the treatment they need during this time, this bill imposes the […]