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Your $20.00 per hour employee costs you $25.00 to $28.00 per hour. That's when he is giving you 100% effort. But if you're not skilled in managing employees, he might convince you it's only fair for …
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I see far too many people dissolve good businesses unnecessarily. They typically have more options than they think. Limited by perfectionistic thinking, they hide their concerns and intentions from …
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I recently reflected on a story about how many hidden biases interfered with a relationship I had briefly in high school. Racist thoughts and beliefs had been taught by the people around me and the …
It had been another tense ride home. As he drove, we both focused our eyes on the road. Why was dating so hard? We both liked each other. We went to the same school, shared many friends, and were on …
I grew up in Kentucky and have worked in rural Texas, Upstate New York, Pittsburgh, and representing a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the United Nations (UN). I am fascinated by the world's …
[Read more...] about How Can You Reduce Discrimination Against the Ways Employment Candidates Speak?
A client reminded me this week that the United Nations was concerned about increasing acts of racism in the United States and Europe back in 2017. I was the Main Representative to the UN for a …
One of the most common complaints injured workers have about their experiences after a work-related accident is that the employers forget about them. Employees who feel valued are more likely to …
[Read more...] about Best Practices for Employers After an Employee is Injured
Because of my 18+ years litigating workers' compensation claims in New York, I still get referrals from other attorneys who represent employers. It can often be quite difficult delivering bad news …
[Read more...] about Five Issues the NYS WCB Doesn’t Care About in the Claim Against You
The three core questions employers have been asking at this stage of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: Are we likely to have claims? Do we have any defenses to claims? What can we do to …
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Republished from the October 2006 issue of my newsletter: Happy Halloween! We may no longer be afraid of the ghosts and goblins that scared us as children, but what about the ghosts of our pasts …
