National Small Business Week Webinars Focus on Key Issues

WASHINGTON (April 30, 2015)—As part of National Small Business Week (May 4-8), the U.S. Small Business Administration and co-sponsors will be hosting numerous training webinars from May 4-7. The webinars cover a variety of common business topic areas regarding pay, digital footprints, new chip card payment technologies, benefits packages, and online payment strategies.

Monday, May 4, 2015 Do I Have to Pay My Employees for That? Common and Not-So Common Workplace Scenarios Join us as we discuss some of the common pay and time-tracking questions ADP’s HR HelpDesk fields every day. Participants will learn about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), correctly classifying employees as exempt, non-exempt or as an independent contractor, and more. 4-5 p.m. (EDT) SBA and ADP

Monday, May 4, 2015 The Secrets to Crafting a Digital Footprint Consumers are serious researchers. When they are on the hunt for a new product or service, they will search across devices, use multiple sites, and make decisions after reading quality content and reviewing videos and images. Join Steve Strauss, USA Today Small Business columnist, and Jeff Biesman from YP for this action-oriented conversation. 6-7 p.m. (EDT) SBA and YP

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 What Small Business Owners Need to Know about Liability for Counterfeit Fraud on Chip Card Accounts Liability for counterfeit fraud on chip card accounts will shift from the chip card issuer to business owners who have not upgraded to chip-activated terminals. Visa will bring together experts to help you understand how new payment technologies impact your business’ bottom line. 3-4 p.m. (EDT) SBA and Visa 

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Voluntary Benefits: Not Just For the Big Guys Many small businesses do not offer benefits. Many business owners don’t think they can afford them, don’t know that their business is large enough to qualify, or think they’re too much of an administrative hassle. But the truth is, you can offer a strong benefits package to your employees, even though your business is small. Join this webinar to learn more about voluntary benefits and how can they help your business. 4-5 p.m. (EDT) SBA and Colonial Life

Thursday, May 7, 2015 How Online Payments Can Drive Small Business Growth PayPal and the SBA present a special National Small Business Week webinar about payments as a trigger for small business growth. Tune in to an interactive discussion featuring Crisloid, a PayPal merchant, and hear how simple steps like adding a payments button to your website can spur growth. 2:30-3:30 p.m. (EDT) SBA and PayPal

Small Business Week 2015 sponsors include: Chase, SCORE, Microsoft, Colonial Life, Office Depot, yp, ADP, Visa, PayPal, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Facebook, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, CT Corporation, Sam’s Club, PBS, Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Como, Indeed, Manta, Marriott, Raytheon. 

Register at sba.gov/nsbw/webinars.