Apr 12, 2018 | Industry News, Regulatory Updates
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that salary history is not an acceptable reason for pay differences under the Equal Pay Act (EPA), even when used in conjunction with other factors. The EPA first became law in 1963 and prohibits the payment of different...
Apr 11, 2018 | Industry News
What can employers do to positively impact their SUI rate? In an earlier post we talked about how state unemployment insurance (SUI) rates are determined. One of the key elements that impact your company’s SUI rate is the number of unemployment insurance claims...
Apr 10, 2018 | Industry News
The new site is a more user-friendly resource to verify employment eligibility U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched a new, user-friendly everify.uscis.gov website today. According to USCIS, the new site is the authoritative source for...
Apr 3, 2018 | Industry News, Regulatory Updates, Workers Comp
You’ve got a policeman at your office door at 4:30 Friday afternoon–when you’re supposed to be heading out to take your youngest daughter off to college.  The officer is very professional, but it doesn’t take away the panic you feel when he tells you that you must...
Apr 2, 2018 | Industry News
Small businesses are popular targets of cyber criminals.  Thousands of attacks happen every day—with successful ones costing organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars, or more. According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report, malicious threats such as...
Mar 27, 2018 | Industry News
It’s the time of year when business owners are approached by college students seeking summer internships to acquire skills and bulk up their resumes. It can be a symbiotic relationship, with the intern gaining experience in their field of study and the employer...
