Business News
May 8, 2020
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FREE Safety Training Webinar
WORKING FROM HOME
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
To understand the actual and potential problems for those working from home and the planning required to increase their safety.
OBJECTIVES
- Understand some of the types of hazards encountered by those who work from home.
- Assess the home environment and work location to ensure safety for the worker(s) involved.
- Understand various control measures to better ensure worker safety:
- Home security
- General safety issues
- Correcting issues that may cause slips, trips and falls
- Electrical Safety
- Fire Prevention/Safety
- Chemical Safety
- “What to do if . . .” situations
- Conduct a JSA (Job Safety Analysis) toward achieving safety for persons who work from home.
- Determine requisite policies that may apply to promote safety within the home.
- Review the main concepts through a segment of "Your Thoughts?" situational slides.
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Conversation With a Tax and Payroll Professional
Courtney Lang,
EA, MBA
Members are invited to join us on Monday, May 11, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
to discuss the employee retention tax credit
and the deferred payroll tax payment opportunity
Register in advance for this meeting:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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How Will Sports, Entertainment, and Restaurants Manage the Return to Work?
U.S. Chamber looks forward to hosting you on
Thursday, May 14 at 3:00 p.m. EST
for an important discussion on
how high-density consumer industries, such as
movie theaters, restaurants, and sports leagues
, are planning for reopening
—how to start that process, how to keep employees and consumers safe, ensuring consumer confidence, and what the “new normal” might look like as we start to reopen the full American economy.
Speakers include:
Michael Kaufman, Partner, Astor Group; and Former Chairman, National Restaurant Association
Rick Roman, Owner, Roman Theatre Management
Suzanne Clark, President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Host)
More speakers will be announced soon. You won't want to miss it.
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Free Webinar on Local Business Recovery
for the Grand Reopening
Most states have stay-at-home restrictions that are expiring soon, and some have already begun lifting business restrictions. How will reopening our local economies affect your business? We want to help guide you to better ensure that your business will be in the best possible position to resume serving your customers.
We’ve invested in resources which conduct research in our local market to help business owners make informed decisions with their reopening strategy. That is why Seven Mountains Media and CapCity Communications are teaming up with Gordon Borrell to examine what businesses have been thinking about the reopening. What strategies appeal to them most and how are they planning to get back in the game?
Gordon Borrell is a much sought-after-speaker for conferences and company meetings and is the local media industry’s leading analyst. He is ranked in the top 2% among Gerson Lehrman Groups’s 150,000 consultants worldwide and is quoted frequently in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and other publications. He has appeared on TV and radio programs discussing trends and forecasts for local media.
Our FREE webinar, “Local Business Recovery for the Grand Reopening” will take place on Thursday, May 14th, 2020, at 10 am. If you are a business owner, we encourage you to attend, virtually, to hear some factual data on what you can do to keep your business top of mind, relevant, and vital to customers today.
This is a free webinar but space is limited so please click on the link below to register today to reserve your spot.
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PA Chamber Launches 'Bringing PA Back' Initiative Website
As part of its bold new initiative to help businesses safely re-open their facilities and jumpstart the economy, the PA Chamber today announced the launch of the 'Bringing PA Back'
website
. The comprehensive website features critical information for employers, including: guidance from trusted sources on workplace readiness – such as cleaning and safety standards; employment opportunities; industry-specific guidance; and policy recommendations that will help to revive Pennsylvania's economy. The website also includes a map of the Commonwealth – identifying which phase of the re-opening process each county is currently in – along with an overview of the Wolf administration's guidance for each phase. The PA Chamber has also developed policy recommendations that are focused on the state's economic recovery and which we will be working with elected officials to enact – all of which are highlighted on the website. As the 'Statewide Voice of Business
TM
,' the PA Chamber will be advising elected officials on how best to proceed. The PA Chamber will be regularly updating the website to keep employers apprised of new government guidance and industry best practices.
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Click here to register for the Dale Carnegie Training..
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Strategy to Resume Operations Assistance
The Central PA Chapter of
SCORE
is offering to assist any company or non-profit organization in its service area to develop a strategy for resuming operations after being curtailed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The chapter’s service area consists of Centre, Mifflin, Clearfield, Clinton and Huntingdon Counties.
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U.S. Chamber Provides New Documents
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Click here
to download the Independent Contractors Guide
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to download
the Small Business Guide
& Checklist.
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No more applications are being accepted.
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DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
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The U.S. Small Business Administration
is offering designated states and territories low-interest federal disaster loans of up to $2 million for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of COVID-19. The interest rate is 3.75% for small businesses. The interest rate for non-profits is 2.75%.
Currently not accepting applications.
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has allocated $350 billion to help small businesses keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic downturn. Known as the Paycheck Protection Program, the initiative provides 100% federally guaranteed loans to eligible small businesses during this time.
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Huntingdon County Strong:
Business and Community Resources
Click graphic below.
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Contact Us
Yvonne Martin
President/ CEO
MacKenzie Huntsman
Program Director
Phone: 814-643-1110
Fax: 814-643-1115
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Looking to start an endowment or to support community efforts? Click the logo above to learn more about the Huntingdon County Foundation.
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