Employee Leave

QuickBooks Payroll is a powerful tool to manage not just taxes but employer/employee pay health insurance, qualified retirement plans, garnsihments, employee loan repayments, sick time, vacation time, and more. It is this great...

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Yehuda Cagen of technology company Xvand Technology Corporation knows what businesses need and don't need when it comes to outsourcing IT expertise and support. She offers 9 "secrets of success" to ensuring the...

One size fits all workers' compensation leave policies can land a company in hot water thanks to a recent case involving retailer Sears, Roebuck and Co.

What at first blush appears to be solely a health concern on closer examination has a number of legal ramifications for the workplace.

Timekeeping systems are common in large work sites but can also be practical for small employers.

Owning a business can be a great career for mothers interested in working but wanting flexibility. This series of articles will cover business ownership for mothers.

Chief Executive Howard Schultz touted the new Via as one of the biggest opportunity in the company's history. The biggest launch in the company's history will focus on North America with eyes eventually...

What’s the worst thing that can happen to you in business? A lost customer? A failed project? Sabotage from a disgruntled employee? No matter what you answer, think of it happening as a...

"It's all about knowing your target market. A majority of our customers have season tickets, they have country club relationships and we focus on their passions", said D'Arco,a twenty year veteran with Morton's.

As the nation prepares for a potentially broader outbreak of the H1N1 flu this fall and winter, the government is reaching out to small business owners to help defend against the impact and...

Call it diversity, harassment or discrimination and there will be attendees who don’t buy into all of the content.

A congressional committee is investigating an insurance industry practice that may explain why so many small businesses are being forced to drop employee health insurance because of high costs....

When an employee raises a problem or concern, one of the worst things any company can do is to ignore it and do nothing.

Employees can think they have more time available than allotted and polices can be so complex that individuals receive conflicting answers from multiple sources within the same company.

When Congress returns from its summer recess, the health care debate will resume in full force and fury.

"When does a Business Start Paying Taxes?" may sound like a silly question, with an expected answer of: "When you start making a profit, of course." Not necessarily. There are many dependencies that...

Many employers include a specific provision in holiday pay policies that employees must work the scheduled day before and after a holiday in order to be eligible for holiday pay.

The path between encouraging employees to stay home when they are sick and correcting attendance problems can be very tricky to navigate.