BusinessUSA: HR Strategies, from Hiring to Retiring

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.    06/30/2015 Your Company is Hiring. Now What? Every entrepreneur hopes to get to the point where the company he or she founded has to bring on additional employees. As the saying goes, if you're hiring, you're growing! If you have reached that point but you're not sure how to manage the various employment regulations you will face, check out this primer on hiring employees. We also have some good tips for determining if you should hire a contractor or an employee. Check out BusinessUSA's Human Resources tool as well for help with recruiting, hiring, training and retaining employees. Questions About a Retirement Plan? If you don't yet have a retirement plan for your company, moving forward isn't as hard as you might think. And there are  a number of tax implications to investing in a plan you will want to take into consideration, for both the company and your employees. Here's a list of resources to help you select and set up a plan. If you already have a plan in place, you may still have questions, especially about your legal obligations. Here is a list of resources to help you understand the law better and make sure you stay in compliance. Manage Employees Do you find yourself explaining your company policies and procedures over and over again? Or are you getting concerned that you don't have any policies in place? Create an employee handbook to clear up questions workers may have about important internal processes. Here's a list of the most important issues to cover.  Webinars: ACA 101 There are few things more central to business ownership than the question of health insurance coverage for employees.  Whether you're a new business owner wanting to learn more about the basics of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or a veteran business owner looking for a refresher, you'll gain valuable information from the Small Business Association's free weekly webinar on the ACA. Topics covered include cost containment, the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, the new Health Insurance Marketplace and Employer Shared Responsibility provisions. Register for one of the upcoming ACA webinars. The Small Business Association also offers monthly webinars in Spanish. Be sure to also check out BusinessUSA's instructional videos for more help with understanding the ACA.  Seven Years on Twitter! It's been seven years since we joined Twitter and we've covered an amazing amount of ground in that time. We re-branded our Twitter handle to @BizUSA after we changed our name to BusinessUSA.gov to celebrate our mission and focus; we've gained 36,300 followers; and we've written or shared over 6,526 tweets. Talk about growth! Follow us to stay up-to-date on special announcements, events, news and more! BUSINESS.USA.GOV IS AN OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.   Stay Connected:     Unsubscribe, update your subscriptions, or modify your password or email address at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by Business.USA.gov. This email was sent to publisher.au.ceomr@blogger.com from: BusinessUSA • 1401 Constitution Ave NW • Washington DC 20230 •