Private equity firms are helping with employment growth, according to a new survey by accounting firm McGladrey LLP.

A slight majority of 53 percent of senior finance executives plan to increase headcount over the next 12 months, with a focus on acquiring specialized skills and expertise, according to a new survey.

The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index, a barometer for hiring trends among companies with 300 or fewer employees, increased by 0.05 percent during April, following an increase of 1.66 percent in March.

Private companies are too nervous about the future to increase their hiring, according to a new survey of accountants, bankers and other financial professionals who work closely with these firms by financial information company Sageworks Inc.

A disappointing total of 115,000 jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in April, decreasing the unemployment rate by one-tenth of a point to 8.1 percent, a three-year low.

CompuPay is moving into the human resources arena by merging with employee benefits services provider BenefitMall.

Intuit found that small business revenues are beginning to approach their pre-recession levels.

Hiring and the size of the average paycheck have dropped at small businesses, according to payroll provider SurePayroll.

Employers in the private sector added 119,000 jobs from March to April, according to seasonally adjusted figures released Wednesday by payroll giant ADP, in the latest disappointing sign of employment activity.

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SaaS-based human resources, payroll, and financial management product maker Workday Inc. has released Workday 16, which offers more than 128 new enhancements and features including HTML5 for mobile.

Small business owners are losing some of their optimism and planning to do less hiring in the months ahead, according to a widely cited survey by the National Federation of Independent Business.

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CBIZ said Thursday that its Small Business Employment Index for March indicated the highest month-over-month growth in hiring since June 2010.

Employment at small businesses increased in March at the highest rate in over two years, according to payroll figures from Intuit.

Optimism is growing among small business owners, according to a survey by payroll provider SurePayroll.

Private sector employers added 209,000 jobs from February to March, according to the latest national employment report from payroll giant ADP, in the latest sign of a slowly recovering economy.

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Halfpricesoft has added Form 941 for the employer’s quarterly federal tax return to its ezPaycheck small business payroll software.