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Some businesses scramble for help as job openings go unfilled

April 22, 2021 Leave a comment

This photo provided by Hannah Albert on Sept. 23, 2020 shows workers at Braised in the South, a Johns Island, S.C., restaurant and food truck business that is having trouble finding workers during the pandemic. Many small businesses find hiring more difficult because many would-be staffers fear contracting COVID-19 on the job or would prefer to live off unemployment benefits. (Hannah Albert via AP)

It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting “Help Wanted” signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts their ability to keep up with demand for their products ...

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Cash-rich restaurateurs see opportunities to expand

April 8, 2021 Comments Off on Cash-rich restaurateurs see opportunities to expand

The storefront of the new Clove & Cardamom restaurant in Columbia. (Courtesy Satish Gunisetty)

Prior to the pandemic, Josh Phillips successfully operated Espita, a Mexican restaurant that catered to budget-minded foodies in Washington’s upscale Mt. Vernon Square neighborhood. But like many other restaurants in the metropolitan area — and the nation — business collapsed ...

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Business liability protection bill in Md. falls by the wayside

April 6, 2021 Comments Off on Business liability protection bill in Md. falls by the wayside

Annapolis Statehouse building. (File photo)

With the Maryland General Assembly session coming to an end, a top priority for the state’s business community — legislation to protect businesses from lawsuits claiming that a customer had caught the virus at those businesses — has failed to move past initial hearings in ...

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What employers should know about new COVID-related leave rules

April 2, 2021 Comments Off on What employers should know about new COVID-related leave rules

On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided that employers may once again voluntarily extend Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response ...

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Businesses heave sigh of relief over unemployment fund — but hope for more

April 1, 2021 Comments Off on Businesses heave sigh of relief over unemployment fund — but hope for more

A man walks into a restaurant displaying a "Now Hiring" sign, Thursday, March 4, 2021, in Salem, N.H. U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ease business restrictions. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

For the Maryland business community, Gov. Larry Hogan’s Wednesday announcement that over a quarter of the $3.9 billion in federal relief funds that had been allocated to the state would go into the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund came as a ...

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Dozens of Md. biohealth companies responding to the pandemic

March 26, 2021 Comments Off on Dozens of Md. biohealth companies responding to the pandemic

A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine is seen ready for use in the trial at St. George's University hospital in London in October. The little-known Gaithersburg company is nearing completion of its trials for the vaccine. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

When Novavax Inc. received $1.6 billion last year from the federal government to speed up testing and production of a coronavirus vaccine, some observers were incredulous. The small biotechnology firm, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was largely unknown and had never ...

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Finding unexpected success during COVID-19, a maid service dreams big

March 22, 2021 Comments Off on Finding unexpected success during COVID-19, a maid service dreams big

One of the biggest challenges of running No More Dust Maid Services is not knowing exactly what the business might look like in a post-COVID world. What it looks like now involves deep cleanings of COVID-19 patients’ houses, arranged by ...

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A reminder on new PPP changes

March 9, 2021 Comments Off on A reminder on new PPP changes

President Biden recently announced changes to the Paycheck Protection Program, including a new 14-day window where loan applications must be exclusive to small businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 20 employees. As a result of this change, the PPP is ...

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Bill would give BWI employees the right to be rehired

March 4, 2021 Comments Off on Bill would give BWI employees the right to be rehired

In the latest effort to assure that laid-off hospitality workers are able to return to their jobs post-pandemic, labor activists are supporting a bill that would mandate private-sector employees at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport be allowed to return to their ...

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COVID-19 killed pop-ups, so this business went back to the drawing board

March 3, 2021 Comments Off on COVID-19 killed pop-ups, so this business went back to the drawing board

Ashley Payne-El, left, and Virginia Wilkens, the owners of Wine O'Clock, help a customer at their stall at the Mount Vernon Marketplace. (Submitted Photo)

When Ashley Payne-El and Virginia Wilkens organized their first pop-up event in Essex, the friends and business partners had no idea it would also be their last. Wine O’Clock, a boutique wine store, was launched in hopes of providing additional ...

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