These days, employees must occasionally work on the road. This means they're taking important data out of the confines of their company's private network and exposing it to threats.
“They share any information that’s available concerning our business or things that might affect our business. And I think they also are very effective in helping you understand why you need to look at things differently if you’re not looking at them the right way.
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These days, employees must occasionally work on the road. This means they're taking important data out of the confines of their company's private network and exposing it to threats.
By Brad Bialy, Haley Marketing Group
With Facebook reporting 2.2 billion monthly users in Q4 of 2017, gone are the days when staffing firms could disregard Facebook as a viable recruiting tool.
But, with great opportunity comes great challenge.
Taking clients or prospects out for a meal or an event has been a long-standing business practice. It's a great way to get to know both them and their businesses better, while developing lasting relationships. Under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act implemented at the start of this year, the tax implications for these activities have changed.
Buelow Vetter Buikema Olson & Vliet, LLC
The Department of Labor (DOL) has updated the FMLA forms which expired on May 31, 2018. The DOL is required to submit its FMLA forms every three years to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. The forms were last approved in 2015.
Click here or more information and to download the new forms.
Through the budget, on April 12, 2018, Governor Cuomo signed into law amendments to the Labor Law, requiring employers in the State of New York (employers who have employees within the State of New York) to have a sexual harassment policy, a sexual harassment complaint form, and to provide sexual harassment training on at least an annual basis. In this regard, on August 23, 2018, New York released its draft of the minimum standards for sexual harassment policies and training.
