Below is an overview of the key tax changes affecting business in the recently enacted Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act. The act was signed into law by the president on March 18, 2010. Read More
As employers seek to cut costs, retail mutual funds are being replaced by lower cost options. Read More
While the improving economy is good news for everyone, some employers are getting slightly nervous as they ask themselves a difficult question: Will workers leave en masse once they see greener grass elsewhere? Read More
A growing number of employees are working from home, either on a full-time or part-time basis, an arrangement that can have significant advantages for employers…Read More
It is a safe assumption that a majority of firms will be going paperless within the next three to five years…Read More
Last year, an account executive dozed off during a training session at Strategis LLC, a small marketing-communications company in Stoughton, Mass. Co-owner George Irish says the employee explained the bizarre incident by claiming to suffer from narcolepsy. Read more
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has redesigned the Permanent Resident Card – commonly known as the “Green Card” – to incorporate several major new security features. The Green Card redesign is the latest advance in USCIS’s ongoing efforts to deter immigration fraud. State-of-the-art technology incorporated into the new card prevents counterfeiting, obstructs tampering, and facilitates quick and accurate authentication. Beginning today, USCIS will issue all Green Cards in the new, more secure format. Read More
Entrepreneurs often don’t have a human-resources staffer dedicated solely to overseeing interns, so the boss or a manager must carve out time for them. And that means giving them hands-on guidance, not sticking them in the stockroom and then forgetting about them: Companies have an obligation to give interns a good learning experience, whether they’re working for money or for school credit. Read more
The key to making new employees productive quickly, known as “rapid on-boarding,” is to help them immediately build an informational network with co-workers. Read more
This is another in a series of columns on “how much things cost.” This time, some metrics on the cost of employees. Read More
