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Keep Your Workers Healthy With a Wellness Program
Posted: December 22, 2014
Employers can help prevent unhealthy employee behaviors, which can lead to an increase in both workers compensation and healthcare costs, through the development of workplace wellness programs. Not only do these wellness programs improve employee morale and increase productivity, but they also reduce the frequency and severity of workers compensation claims, according to PMA Companies. Currently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports...
Employers Prepare For New OSHA Reporting Rule
Posted: December 18, 2014
Beginning January 1, 2015, employers will have new requirements for reporting workplace fatalities and serious injuries to the federal government. A new Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule also revises how records are kept and updates the list of employers partially exempt from recordkeeping requirements. Even an employer partially exempt from recordkeeping must still adhere to the new reporting requirements. REPORTING CHANGES Fatalities: Under the...
Ride Sharing- Driver, Rider Beware!
Posted: December 5, 2014
Ride-share alternatives to taxi services are becoming more popular as they expand to more cities. But because they’re so new, both riders and drivers should exercise caution. Ride-share programs on the surface sound like a win-win situation: if you need a ride, you can download an app to your mobile device to find and arrange transportation in a driver’s personal vehicle. A simple swipe of...
Take Advantage of November's Small Business Saturday
Posted: November 19, 2014
The holiday season is here and with it comes special promotions from business owners and retailers. What serves as the signature kickoff to the busy buying period is Black Friday. Last year in the four day stretch after Thanksgiving, retailers made more than $57 billion, according to the National Retail Federation, with 141 million people hitting the stores to take advantage of deep discounts. But...
Protecting Company Data from Hackers
Posted: September 26, 2014
Business owners are often a very determined group, where once they make a decision, they go with it and let the chips fall where they may, as the saying goes. In fact, in a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute, more than 9 in 10 small business owners said they have no regrets about what they did in preparation to start a company of their...
