Fair Treatment in the Workplace

Each day, U.S workers head to their respective jobs in order to complete the tasks required by their employers and gain compensation to support themselves and their families. Some people head to... Read more »

10 Steps to More Effective Time Management

The workaholic view of time management enables the addition of new clients, catching up on your to-do list; finishing back reading and learning about new developments in your industry. Properly viewed, however,... Read more »

Is Twitter a Recruiting Tool?

Once depicted as a trendy social media experiment, Twitter has officially arrived. From cell phone integration to CNN broadcasts, we can no longer escape the fact that Twitter is not a passing... Read more »

The Intended Consequences of Incentives and Compensation

The public is mad as hell at AIG (and other recipients of Federal bailouts) who have handed out lucrative retention bonuses. One might wonder, are incentives appropriate in such difficult times? Read more »

What Employees are Experiencing, Thinking and Feeling — Employee Satisfaction Surveys & Employee Engagement Surveys

Employee satisfaction is a key driver of employee engagement, and employee engagement in turn is a key driver of customer satisfaction and loyalty, employee retention, productivity, sales, overall organizational performance and profit.... Read more »

NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENTS – SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION

Employers and employees alike have numerous misconceptions about the enforceability of non-competition agreements.  Employers mistakenly believe that the more restrictive the agreement is for the employee, the better it is&nbsp... Read more »

IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program Update

On August 19, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with UBS regarding certain accounts held at the bank by U.S. persons. The offshore voluntary disclosure... Read more »

Accounting Firm Found Not Liable to an Investor Claiming “Indirect Reliance” on an Audit Report

In Imprimis Investors, LLC v. KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 218 (2007), the Appeals Court dealt for the first time with the issue of whether an investor could “indirectly rely” on... Read more »

Social Networking Sites in the Labor and Employment Realm: Harness the Power or Be Left Behind

Since the world wide web became public, the internet has been changing the way that companies communicate and conduct business. Social networking sites, online communities that enable people to communicate and build networks based on... Read more »

Vision and Mission Engaged Employees

Vision statements, Mission statements, Core Values, Pillars and Goals, whatever you may call them in your organization....are they really part of your culture?  Corporate America spends a lot of money and time on developing these... Read more »