Arizona Government Whacks 15K Small Business Jobs?

That’s what this article in the Phoenix Business Journal says.

Unsafer Employment Practices

Meanwhile, the mainstream media runs stories suggesting the answer is to make it riskier and riskier for employers to hire people who might bear children.

Unsafe Employment Practices

Some new reports this week that claims against employers have skyrocketed.

Hey, employers, do you have safe employment practices?

Cell Phone Liabilities

HR.BLR.com has an interesting case study highlighting a problem faced by more and more small businesses: company liability when employees using cell phones in company cars crash.

Wow!

Bar none, this is the strangest gender discrimination lawsuit I’ve seen in two years of publishing this blog.

I really can’t say any more, except to urge you to read the story.

The Hardest Part

Ask any veteran small business owner what the toughest part of their job is, and they won’t even hesitate – laying off good people.

Here’s a great story on George’s Employment Blawg about 14 tips to cut costs AND avoid layoffs.

Good Grey-shus!

Incentive Magazine online has published an article from Margery Weinsteen recounting “the hiring decisions managers most regret”…

Your manager’s biggest regret? Hiring that sleepy cubicle inhabitant across from her office, who wakes up a quarter past every hour to check his Facebook account, Twitter a little, and promptly fall back to sleep. Another regret? His cubicle neighbor who balances her time between filing her nails and making trips outside to smoke. Needless to say, both of these workers are on their way out. But not soon enough to avoid weighing on their manager’s mind.

Read her full posting here…

Date Before Getting Married

Forbes, on things to look for in a potential business partner…

Recession Helps Retain Experience

60% of over-60 US workers say they’ve postponed retirement due to the recession.

One-in-ten workers (11 percent) over the age of 60 who are putting off retirement say that the decrease to their savings may now cause them to never retire, while 73 percent think it will take them up to 6 years of extra work to recoup their lost savings.

Nearly a quarter (24 percent) feels they can make their money back by working an additional year or two.

Here’s the writeup from cheezhead.com.

Small Business Seminar at Payroll Solutions (Vegas)

MassMedia Corporate Communications & Payroll Solutions presents

Marketing on the Edge
How to Reach Your Customers/Clients in a New Era

An education seminar the morning of March 25 with speakers:

• Paula Yakubik
  Managing Partner of MassMedia Corporate Communications
• Kassi Belz
  Director of Client Services for MassMedia Corporate Communications
  Rock Rocheleau
  Chief Marketing Officer of Payroll Solutions

The Presentation will include information and tips on:

• The Shift in Marketing Over the Last 5 Years
• How Do You Reach Your Customers Today?
• The Balancing Act of Marketing in a New Era ? Using an Integrated Approach
• Is Having a Web Site Enough?
• Leveraging Web 2.0 to Engage Customers, Build Your Brand and Engage Your Business, such as: Google, Yahoo and FaceBook
• The Power of Public Relations
• Spreading the Word Through Grassroots Marketing
• Where Should I Advertise?
• Where to Spend the Budget?

RSVP to (702) 433-4331 or christine@massmediacc.com