A recent blog at The Entrepreneurial Mind discussed  when extreme bootstrapped startups need to spend money on their first big-ticket items: office space and employees.  While I appreciate a controlled burn rate and spending as much as anyone,  entrepreneurs who are most likely to succeed establish relationships with their business attorney, CPA, banker, and commercial [...]

As of June 23, 2011, all cities, all counties, and private employers with at lest 25 employees in North Carolina are required to use the federal government’s E-Verify program to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees.

Remember when political opponents attacked California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman over the social security no-match letter she received in the early 2000’s regarding her maid? Many employers may have wondered just what those letters were all about, because for the past three years, the Social Security Administration stopped sending them out. As the saying goes, [...]

Co-authored by Karen S. Elliott Imagine you are the owner of a business with about 50 employees.  Your product is well-known and there are limited suppliers in the United States.  Your best salesman generates about 50% of your company’s gross sales – or about $100 million a year.  He is on salary plus commission under [...]

I work with business owners and executives.  We are watching the unfolding story of Capt. Owen Honors, a decorated  Naval officer who was just relieved of his command of the prestigious  U.S.S. Enterprise aircraft carrier.

A new revision to Massachusetts’ Personnel Records Law requires employers to notify an employee within 10 days of the employer placing in the employee’s personnel record any negative information.