(The Center Square) – Small business week came and went this week, and small businesses took the opportunity to raise a range of concerns about the economy and their future.
(The Center Square) – Small business week came and went this week, and small businesses took the opportunity to raise a range of concerns about the economy and their future.
“If the White House wants to help small businesses, they will immediately abandon their plans to raise small businesses’ taxes,” said Kevin Kuhlman, NFIB vice president of Federal Government Relations. “Small businesses continue to face economic headwinds and their expectations for better business conditions six months from now are hovering near historic lows.”
Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission said it intends to ban non-compete agreements, and hundreds of people have submitted comments on the proposed rule change. Non-compete terms bar workers from joining a competing business or starting their own for a set period of time after leaving a job. Chris White - director of the Restaurant Opportunities Center United in Michigan - said many businesses want a thriving marketplace, and notes more than 900 restaurants are part of Restaurants Advancing Industry Standards in Employment or RAISE - an initiative dedicated to promoting fair wages, better benefits and racial and gender equity in the restaurant field. .