by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning
In today’s tight labor market, small businesses — including restaurants, delivery services, retail stores, and manufacturers — struggle to hire and retain top-quality staff. The conditions are likely to worsen in many sectors as demand ramps up during the summer...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
Once upon a time, consumers generally expected a clear line of demarcation between advertising and editorial content. While holdouts remain — especially from older generations — younger audiences who came of age during or after the advent of social media often have no...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
You and your valued employees who work far from headquarters can encounter two administrative issues that possibly neither of you contemplated when the remote-working arrangement was agreed to: What happens to health benefits if there are no providers in your...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning
The number of part-time jobs in the United States has generally increased over the past few decades. As of June 2022, there were approximately 25 million part-time workers. Although some part-time employees would prefer a full-time position, many people choose to work...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
Many employers have been raising wages substantially to maintain operations in today’s tight labor market. That’s most evident in the leisure and hospitality sector, where average hourly wages rose 12% for the year ending October 2021. For many organizations,...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
Uncle Sam is helping to pick up the tab for certain business meals in 2021 and 2022. Under a Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) provision, the usual tax deductions for 50% of the cost of business meals is doubled to 100% for food and beverages provided by...