Payroll

The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as employers added a disappointing 80,000 jobs.

CBIZ is reporting solid gains in small business employment in the month of June among the small businesses using its payroll service.

Employment in the private sector increased by 176,000 from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest monthly employment report from payroll giant ADP, indicating that the recent slowdown in hiring may be reversing.

Hiring at small businesses fell 0.2 percent last month, but paycheck size was up 0.1 percent, according to payroll provider SurePayroll Inc.

U.S. small businesses experienced gains in their employment rates, average compensation and hours worked in June, while revenue figures declined in May, according to Intuit.

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SurePayroll found that both hiring and paycheck size declined slightly in May by 0.1 percent.

The unemployment rate increased one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.2 percent as employers added only 69,000 jobs in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, indicating a slowdown in economic growth.

Private sector employers added 133,000 jobs from April to May on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to payroll giant ADP, in the latest sign of tepid employment growth.

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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.

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