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What Makes a Strong Retaliation Case?

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And it’s something that employers need to consider carefully — because landing in a costly settlement or lawsuit can significantly interrupt your cash flow, lower morale, stimulate employee churn, and harm the company’s brand reputation. Essentially, this means that these charges are becoming more expensive.

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Claiming an Employee Retention Credit in 2022

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The 1st day of the 1st 2020 calendar quarter is marked as the beginning of the decline in gross receipts, which there are 50% less than in the same period during 2019. The decline then ends in the following calendar quarter, and here the receipts needed to be more than 80% of the previous calendar quarter in 2019.

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A CEO Guide To Smarter Cost-Cutting

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Macy’s, for instance, has been wowing Wall Street with an inventory-control scheme that rid the department-store retailer of pandemic-era overstocks and rewarded consumers with roughly 55 percent merchandise newness for Christmas—30 percent higher than in 2019, CEO Jeffrey Gennette told analysts.