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Cybersecurity Essentials for Small Businesses Jan 1, 2014: You may be hearing the term “cybersecurity” more frequently these days and wondering how it applies to your small business – if at all. It does. Cyber threats are an issue for everyone, and small businesses are becoming more common targets for such threats and crimes because they often have fewer preventative or responsive resources. So, what do you need to know? Here are some essentials as featured in one of our latest online trainings.

Five Easy Ways to Safeguard Your Small Business Before Disaster Strikes Dec 26, 2013: The SBA and Agility Recovery recently hosted a free webinar giving tips on how to prepare for Hurricane season. But it doesn’t matter if you’re in the Gulf Coast or the Upper Midwest—all kinds of risks exist, and small businesses are particularly vulnerable.

Business Loan Application Checklist Dec 22, 2013: Business Loan Application Checklist

Hospitality Law Insider #1: Be Careful How Much You Serve! Dec 18, 2013: HospitalityLawyer.com - Hospitality Law Insider #1: Be Careful How Much You Serve!

Workplace Violence Inspection Checklist Nov 29, 2013: Conrad Hilton College, University of Houston student Maria Hernandez uncovered an excellent checklist while working on a research project for a class in Safety, Sanitation and Security. This checklist was adapted from “Violence on the Job: A Guidebook for Labor and Management”.

Readying Your Hotel for Sale Nov 19, 2013: With transaction volumes in early 2013, 50 percent ahead of the level in early 2012, many owners today are asking themselves if this is the right time to sell.

Government Tax Incentives on Sustainability - If you want to know where to start... Nov 14, 2013: Government Tax Incentives

Hotels receive training to spot sex trafficking Nov 5, 2013: Positive local attention to a serious issue facing many cities/hotels in the USA

Shattering Shower Doors Nov 3, 2013: The reports on social media sites, like Twitter, have pictures attached to them with glass covering bathroom floors. Captions read: “Shower doors do explode.” “What a way to be woken up.” Some of them show chilling images of bloody footprints where the unsuspecting victim had only one way to escape.

Family and Medical Leave Act Oct 26, 2013: Overview

The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.

US Department of Labor /Staffing Companies/Risks Oct 23, 2013: Under the FLSA, an employment relationship must be distinguished from a strictly contractual one. An employee – as distinguished from a person who is engaged in a business of his or her own – is one who, as a matter of economic reality, follows the usual path of an employee and is dependent on the business that he or she serves.

INFOGRAPHIC: The State of US Small Businesses Oct 16, 2013: How many small businesses are there in the US? How many are businesses of 1? How many new businesses are started each month? How much revenue/year do small businesses make? What are the fastest growing categories of small businesses?