COVID-19's Effect on Jobs at Global Small Businesses

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Here's the deal.  Thirty million small-business jobs are vulnerable, and firms with fewer than 100 employees are the hardest hit during the COVID-19 crisis.  One of the challenges for policy makers and executives is figuring out how to get these employees back to work.

Discover McKinsey & Company's findings as of May, 2020.

Guess How Many Small Businesses There Are Worldwide?

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According to Chris Leahy, Vice President, National Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs, Intuit, “There are 800 million small businesses worldwide, 47 million of which are in the United States, and they create two out of three new jobs, yet they often don’t have a seat at the table with policy makers to share their perspectives and stories on how government can help ensure their long-term success and prosperity."

Well what do you know about that?  Leahy goes on to say, "As the champion of small businesses, we saw an opportunity to work more closely with these small business owners to ensure their voices are heard by lawmakers, regulators and administration officials who create policy.”

Learn more about how Intuit hosted their first small business QuickBooks Council in Washington, D.C.