Category: Small Business
What’s age bias? EEOC defines ‘reasonable factors’
A few years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court said employers fighting claims of age discrimination carry the burden of proof to show that their alleged discriminatory decisions were actually based on a “reasonable factor other than age ...
- Discrimination and Harassment
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6 promising tech innovations
It’s hard to know exactly what new tech ideas will make the biggest impact on business in the near future and change how we do things. But, according to John Brandon, here are a few worth keeping an eye on: ...
- Centerpiece | Office Technology | Web Tools
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Email searching
Q. Can I do a more complex search in Outlook than just a few keywords or sorting by columns?
- Microsoft Email Outlook | Office Technology
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Docking pay: FLSA compliance tips
The FLSA restricts the docking of employees' pay. Many times employers' decisions on docking will push an employee from an exempt classification to a nonexempt, or push an employee whose pay has been docked into court. ...
- Office Management | Payroll Management
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Do you think you may have a few alcoholic employees at work? Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) require you to accommodate their alcoholism? This new court ruling shows ...
- Case In Point
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To whom it may concern
When to use "who" and "whom," which confuses many people:
- Office Communication | Workplace Communication
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After employees take medically related FMLA leave, they sometimes aren’t able to physically perform their jobs. Employers can certainly raise the issue with the employee and can even terminate the employee if he or she can’t perform ...
- FMLA Guidelines
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Fight the ‘war of independence’ with IRS
Small business owners often clash with the IRS over the classification of workers. Usually, the employers claim certain workers are independent contractors; the IRS says they’re employees. If you’re challenged by the IRS, don’t throw up the white flag ...
- Centerpiece | Small Business Tax | Small Business Tax Deduction Strategies
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Leadership on the high seas
On the Maersk Alabama, the captain’s cool head, long experience and clear sense of duty saved the ship from pirates off Africa’s east coast. To understand why it did end so well for Captain Richard Phillips and his crew, ...
- Best-Practices Leadership | Leaders & Managers | Profiles in Leadership
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Question: “I’m an hourly employee, but with email, smartphones, and remote network access being facts of life, my workplace seems to assume I’m occasionally checking in when I’m away ‘in case something comes up.’ I want to curb these unpaid, ...
- Admin Pro Forum
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