Employers Guide to Avoid Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

Pregnancy discrimination cases are costing companies more money than any other claims. In fiscal year 2003, the EEOC and the State and Local agencies collected $12.4 million from lawsuit charges of pregnancy... Read more »

Legal Writing – What Makes For Good Legal Writing (Hint – It is Not Primarily About Technique)

What constitutes good legal writing? The question itself comes off as oxymoronic. In the popular mind, lawyers are known for polysyllabic prose and unrelenting bombast. Examples of bad lawyer writing abound -... Read more »

How to Stay Compliant With Business and Payroll Taxes

Federal law requires individuals to pay taxes on their income. To ensure collection of individual income taxes, the government requires employers to withhold, and send to the government, a portion of paychecks... Read more »

US Department of Labor Revises Certified Payroll Reporting Requirements For Form WH-347

Effective January 18, 2009 Prime/General contractors and subcontractors who perform work on federally funded construction projects are no longer required to display the home address and social security numbers of employees on... Read more »

The Ins And Outs Of Making Payroll Easier

I've decided to dedicate the month of June's posts to payroll. Typically whenever you mention payroll to a small business owner, immediately they cringe at the idea of having to pay payroll... Read more »

Managing Change

Change can be difficult. I work in a healthcare setting, so clinical change in a patient is a key focus for our clinical staff, but the "change" I am referring to herein... Read more »

Communication Saboteurs: Egos

It was a motivational morning. I'd just finished moderating a powerful panel of four talented professionals - each superbly representing his or her generation. They shared their own unique struggles to find... Read more »

How Baby Boomers Could Save Our Economy

Much has been written and discussed about the massive number of Baby Boomers who are retiring or about to retire, and the impact on the workplace. What are Boomers going to do... Read more »

Hire the Right Person

The million dollar question these past few months has been, "How do I attract and hire the right people in my practice?" The real kicker is that it has to be done... Read more »

Simplify your Hiring Process: One less headache

Recruiting is a misunderstood art form. For the shortsighted hiring managers out there, the word recruiting brings to mind hours of distraction that could be better spent on their "real job". One... Read more »