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  • The Brave New World that is Healthcare Reform The Brave New World that is Healthcare Reform

    Given our current situation Aldus Huxley is apropos.  At the Austin Chamber of Commerce Business-Northwest Business Counsel’s August Monthly Lunch Melissa Roush, along with fellow panelists, Bobby Jenkins of ABC Home & Commercial Services and United Healthcare lobbyist Chris Cronn and modera...

  • Cha-Cha-Changes: Conform to the Recent I-9 Change Cha-Cha-Changes: Conform to the Recent I-9 Change

    As they say, the only constant is change.  Well, here comes some more that is important to you and your business regarding how you retain your company’s new hire paperwork. Effective August 23, 2010, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released final rules on how companies can store thei...

  • Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Government is Going After Pay Disparity Between Sexes Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Government is Going After Pay Disparity Between Sexes

    The Paycheck Fairness act is back again (H.R. 12, S. 182) requiring equal pay among the sexes and potentially includes unlimited compensatory and punitive awards. According to statistics presented by the Middle Class Task Force, women in the U.S. still only earn $.77 for every .00 a man earns, wi...

  • Business Start-up Myth #2 Business Start-up Myth #2

    ———————————————————- Focus on Immediate Survival- Save Long Term Planning for Later Being an entrepreneur is complicated.  Enterprises often face having too few resources but an abundance of expenses.  Even so, when you choose to make trade-offs, don’t...

  • ICE in the company veins ICE in the company veins

    Since 2009, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has changed its enforcement strategy from raids and roundups to record company audits (2900 to date). “We are going after the root cause of illegal immigration and getting rid of the culture of compliance among employers,” said Ma...

  • Business Start-up Myth #1 Business Start-up Myth #1

    ——————————————————————– A 5 Piece Presentation from the Minds of MWR Legal Compilations of an extensive interview conducted by Jason Myers Myth #1- Online Form Documents Make Incorporation Easy These days, many entrepreneurs hope to get ...

  • Pro-employee Regulations on the Rise Pro-employee Regulations on the Rise

    In a recent decision on employee privacy, the court ruled that employers have the right to review text messages on their employee’s cell phones and pagers. In the midst of all these seemingly anti-business regulations, this one is in the employers’ favor. But before you get too excited, note tha...

  • Get Ready for More Documentation! Get Ready for More Documentation!

    You’re already used to providing documentation on your employees, but no so much when it comes to independent contractors. Well, guess what? The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act is back–and it’s targeting abuses in the classifications of employees versus independent contractors. Am...

  • Senate Committee Hearing to “Level the Playing Field: Protecting Workers and Businesses affected by Misclassification” Senate Committee Hearing to “Level the Playing Field: Protecting Workers and Businesses affected by Misclassification”

    On June 17th the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing to address issues relating to the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. The House and Senate issued bills in April that target misclassification by employers, The Employee Misclassification...

  • Increased Enforcement by the EEOC and DOL Increased Enforcement by the EEOC and DOL

    At an Employment Law Conference I attended a year ago, Commissioner Ishimaru let it be known in no uncertain terms that the sleeping giant that was the EEOC during the Bush administration was waking up and coming after businesses that were not in compliance with employment laws. This would take plac...

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