By Carl Capato A recent study conducted by the University of Massachusetts at Boston confirms that companies who hire people with disabilities achieve a higher placement in the public’s collective esteem than employers who either may not hire people with disabilities or don’t bring attention to their hiring policies with respect to people with disabilities. Among surveyed consumers: 92 percent felt more favorable toward companies that hire people with disabilities; 87 percent said they would give their business to … Continue reading Why Hire the Disabled?
Why Hire the Disabled?
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New Jersey Budget and Business Taxes
An increase in individual income taxes passed by the state Legislature last month will also affect many New Jersey businesses, since many business owners pay personal income taxes on their business profits. The state increased the income tax from 6.37 percent to 8 percent for income between $400,000 and $500,000; from 8.97 percent to 10.25 percent for income between $500,000 and $1 million; and from 8.97 percent to 10.75 percent for income exceeding $1 million. The increases are set to … Continue reading New Jersey Budget and Business Taxes
New Jersey Paid Family Leave Begins and Impacts All Businesses Regardless of Size
On July 1, New Jersey became only the second state in the nation to impose a paid family leave mandate on all businesses. Under the law, all companies, even those with just one employee, must allow employees to take up to six weeks of paid time off to care for a newborn or a sick relative. Unlike State and federal unpaid leave laws, which exempt companies with fewer than 50 employees, there is no small business exemption for paid family … Continue reading New Jersey Paid Family Leave Begins and Impacts All Businesses Regardless of Size
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Does Your Email Campaign Work?
By Steve Isenberg Did you ever wonder why some email campaigns are successful and others are not? It’s really rather simple. A successful email campaign will focus on several key areas: a strong call to action, a compelling reason to act and the ability to drive traffic to your web site. If you can succeed in these aspects, you will have developed a successful campaign. Email marketing is the most cost effective way to reach your desired audience. One of … Continue reading Does Your Email Campaign Work?
Support ASA Health Care Reform Proposal
Ask Sen. Menendez to Ensure That Any Employer Fees Can Be Prorated Based on Hours Worked.The U.S. Senate Finance Committee will soon consider a health care reform bill that is likely to include an employer mandate. It is vitally important that any such provision take into account the unique needs of temporary staffing firms. The Finance Committee bill likely will require employers that don’t provide health insurance to pay an annual fee per employee. To ensure that they are not … Continue reading Support ASA Health Care Reform Proposal
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How to Find and Fill Requirements Using Blogs and Social Networks
Are you confused about LinkedIn, Blogs and the other Social Networking tools and platforms out there? How can these tools help your firm succeed in finding today’s clients and customers? Are you on the same page with your staff on reaching new sales via technology? Can you afford not to bring your firm into the intelligent internet? Get the Answer to the question: What is a manager or owner of a staffing firm to do with Web 2.0? LinkedIn, Blogs, … Continue reading How to Find and Fill Requirements Using Blogs and Social Networks
Should New Jersey Reform Healthcare?
A health care reform bill, drafted by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) is being debated by Committee members this week. The Committee bill includes an employer mandate that requires employers that don’t provide health insurance to their employees to pay an annual fee to the government of $750 for each full-time employee and $375 for each part-time employee. But the fee provision does not take into account employees, such as temporary, part-time, and seasonal employees, … Continue reading Should New Jersey Reform Healthcare?
Seven Secrets of Good Planning
By Scott Love I’ll never forget the most miserable hour of my day when I first started in the business. It was ‘plan time.’ This dreaded hour was spent hand-writing names and numbers of those people who I was going to call, and if I didn’t call them, then I’d have to spend an entire hour the next day hand-writing the same numbers and names over and over again. This was before computer databases existed and it was a miserable … Continue reading Seven Secrets of Good Planning
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