How to Reduce Your Workforce Without Committing Age Discrimination As employers generally know, employees age 40 and over represent one of the “protected classes,” given special priority in employment discrimination cases. You are no doubt aware of the U.S. Civil

With ‘Repeal and Replace’ Gone for Now, Familiar Questions Remain As the dust continues to settle on the failed repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the surrounding health care benefits landscape remains largely unchanged. Employers face a

Attracting Attention It is hard to argue that Mickey Mouse is the king of Orlando. It can even be argued that Mickey Mouse is the most powerful figure in all of the world. Donald Trump might be a billionaire and

Outsource or In House? It’s good to be king, isn’t it? Running your own company, making all the big choices, and reaping the rewards of them, it’s all a dream come true. Well, at least it would be if not

Orlando: A City of Opportunity Orlando is a city of opportunity, and you have to take advantage of that opportunity if you want to survive in it. Even just driving in Orlando you have to seize the moment if you

Certainty in an Uncertain World A wise turtle once said that “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the “present”. That is a very true saying in many ways.

Train Employees to Avoid Cybercrime In an era of hyper-connectedness and a burgeoning global cybercrime industry, you can’t afford to hope you’ll just be lucky and avoid a successful attack. It’s essential to establish policies and procedures to minimize risk

Employers: You Are Now Required to Use the New Form I-9 Employers must now use the new version of Form I-9, “Employment Eligibility Verification.” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued the new version on November 14, 2016. Employers had until

Having an employee sign a separation agreement upon ending the employment relationship amounts to a form of insurance that he or she will not later take legal action against your company, based on the termination. Whether a separation was friendly (for

Leverage Benefits to Recruit and Retain Talent It’s a lot more efficient to retain good employees than to find and hire new ones. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently asked its members how they are adapting their employee benefit programs