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        "uri": "/2015/08/31/small-business-regulatory-burden-is-growing-unchec/",
        "title": "Small business regulatory burden is growing unchecked",
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        "prettyDate": "August 31, 2015",
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        "summary": ""Government regulations and red tape are one of the top concerns of our members," said Karen Harned, executive director of the Small Business Legal Center at the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), in a recent press release.",
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        "uri": "/2015/08/24/job-hopping-causing-problems-for-small-business/",
        "title": "Job-hopping causing problems for small business",
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        "prettyDate": "August 24, 2015",
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        "summary": "With record-low unemployment rates and a Millenial employee mindset of \"not here for long,\" small businesses are facing ever-increasing problems finding, hiring, and retaining good workers. Not only are fewer good workers available for small businesses to hire (since larger numbers of them prefer working for larger companies with higher...",
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        "uri": "/2015/08/17/incorrect-numbers-negatively-impact-small-business/",
        "title": "Incorrect numbers negatively impact small business contracts",
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        "prettyDate": "August 17, 2015",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "In late June, the Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Small Business, in conjunction with the Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, held a joint hearing on "Manipulation and Fraud in the Reporting of VA Small Business Goals."",
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        "title": "Administration's proposed rule on overtime pay challenging for small business",
        "byline": " William Atkinson ",
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        "prettyDate": "August 10, 2015",
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        "summary": "Currently, employers are not required to pay overtime to certain managers and administrators if they work over 40 hours a week, as long as the employers classify these managers and administrators as salaried employees, and as long as these managers and administrators make more than $23,660 per year - about...",
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        "uri": "/2015/08/06/the-impact-of-aca-on-employer-sponsored-health-car/",
        "title": "The impact of ACA on employer-sponsored health care",
        "byline": " William Atkinson ",
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        "prettyDate": "August 06, 2015",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "What has been the impact of the ACA on employer-sponsored health care? According to a recent survey of employers, it has been significant.",
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        "uri": "/2015/08/03/new-irs-rule-penalizes-small-businesses-for-helpin/",
        "title": "New IRS rule penalizes small businesses for helping employees",
        "byline": " William Atkinson ",
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        "prettyDate": "August 03, 2015",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "A recent press release from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) noted that, "Under Obamacare, individuals face a penalty for not buying health insurance. But now, even small businesses that choose to jump through hoops to help workers pay for healthcare costs could pay penalties."",
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        "uri": "/2015/07/27/high-rents-pushing-out-small-businesses/",
        "title": "High rents pushing out small businesses",
        "byline": "William Atkinson",
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        "prettyDate": "July 27, 2015",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "For a century or more, small, locally-owned businesses have been the economic, and even social, cornerstones for hundreds of urban neighborhoods around the country. Now, these cornerstones are being threatened by rapidly-rising rents from the large real estate firms that own the properties - rents that are increasing so much,...",
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        "uri": "/2015/07/21/major-threat-concerns-of-small-business/",
        "title": "Major threat concerns of small business",
        "byline": "William Atkinson",
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        "prettyDate": "July 21, 2015",
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        "summary": "Source: "2015 Workplace Threats Survey," published by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.",
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        "uri": "/2015/07/20/hiring-challenges-for-small-business/",
        "title": "Hiring challenges for small business",
        "byline": "William Atkinson",
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        "prettyDate": "July 20, 2015",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "As the unemployment rate continues to decrease (5.3 percent in June), employers report finding it more difficult to recruit high-quality workers to hire.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2015/07/13/the-fallout-of-king-v-burwell/",
        "title": "The fallout of King v. Burwell",
        "byline": "William Atkinson",
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        "prettyDate": "July 13, 2015",
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        "summary": "The Supreme Court handed down its verdict on the \"King v. Burwell\" case on Thursday, June 25, with a 6-3 verdict in favor of taking a \"vague\" view of the language in the PPACA. In specific, the Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act may provide nationwide tax subsidies...",
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