HERE COMES THE BOOM IN 2016   As business owners, year-end can be stressful. December is about year end billing, employee gifts, holiday parties, year-end accounting and planning for 2016. Budgeting and forecasting your income and expenses is critical and Inc....

A Philadelphia teacher was fired by the school district for writing a blog in which she called her students "disengaged lazy whiners" and "disobedient, disrespectful oafs." She also wrote "[t]hey curse, discuss drugs, talk back, argue for grades, complain about...

Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, just announced her pregnancy with twins and also that she will take a shortened leave and return to work within two weeks after delivery. For this, she is being criticized for this personal decision despite the following facts: (a) she...

Have we lost our way when academics takes a back seat to sports?Last year, the National Labor Relations Board held that Northwestern University athletes on sports scholarships were the University’s employees rather than students, and hence, would be permitted...

THE DANGERS OF MISCLASSIFYING EMPLOYEES In a recent rash of lawsuits being filed against Uber, the drivers allege that they have been misclassified as independent contractors when they really should be W-2 employees. These class action cases are now cropping up all...

Chemistry in Hiring A recent opinion piece in the New York Times shows that hiring managers focus on personal fit rather than organizational fit when selecting new employees. The author and researcher, Lauren Rivera, explained that the interviewers tended to gravitate...

how-some-men-fake-an-80-hour-workweek-and-why-it-matters Is the 80 hour work week realistic?  It is if you are faking it! And I don't mean this in a negative way.  A study by Erin Reid of Boston University's Business School showed that male employees at a large, high...

You have just been handed a severance package or agreement, now what? You are still reeling from the termination, whether its a company wide layoff or a targeted one.  Meetings with the human resources representative in the HR conference room are never a good thing....

We've all been there!  Dealing with the office bully, who may happen to be your boss, is no easy task.  But before you quit, consider this case.  An attorney, Ann Dooley, worked for a large firm.  She was publicly berated and humiliated by a partner when she sought...

http://www.njlawjournal.com/home/id=1202724384431/Booz-Allens-Suit-Over-Defections-to-Deloitte-Survives?mcode=1202617074826&curindex=0   Booz Allen sued when a group of its employees resigned and went over to Deloitte.  A federal Judge in Newark, New Jersey,...