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May Legal Roundup
Interestingly, most of the major decisions and actions this month have focused on online activities. Will this be a trend, now that the legal system is slowly catching up to suits filed in the wake of social-media-based bad behavior?
How To Make Your Business Unsuccessful and Miserable
If you’ve wondered how best to hamstring your employees, alienate your strongest players and otherwise guarantee the failure of your business, organizational psychologist and consultant Ben Dattner believes he’s found the secret: create a culture of blame.
Trends in Employment: Health Plans, W2s and Restless Workers
We look at a couple of recent news items that affect staffing companies: the slight relaxing of IRS requirements for reporting health costs on W2s and a survey that indicates a whole lot of people want to leave their jobs.
Keep Fuel Costs Down for Your Staffing Business
Fuel costs have been going up recently, and with summer on the way, they’re likely to keep increasing. Not only does the rising cost of gas affect you as a consumer, it affects your business and your candidates.
Social Media: The New Wild West
Last week, we were privileged to attend a presentation by our friend Diane Geller from Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore on the legal aspects of social media to local businesses.
Jobs Up, But So Is Unemployment
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly Employment Situation data earlier today, and the numbers might seem a little bit confusing at first. About 244,000 new jobs were added nationwide in April, which marks the strongest three-month hiring level in five years, and is almost 60,000 jobs more than economists had predicted. But the unemployment rate nudged up a bit to 9.0 percent, up from 8.8 percent last month. So is it good news or bad news overall?
4 Steps to Make Networking Work
It’s one of the truisms of business that we all need to network, regardless of whether or not we’re looking for clients. We all know we need to do it, but very few of us actually do. How can you break the mold and actually accomplish that crucial, but occasionally daunting task of networking?
April Legal Roundup
Paycheck fairness, no-match letters, agencies and employers doing wrong and a fight in a cheese factory – it’s all in the April Legal Roundup.
More, Harsher Storms in Southeast; How COATS Is Helping
COATS Staffing Software wishes to express our deepest hope that all of our customers, partners and friends in areas affected by the storms are safe and well, and for those in the path of these storms, our thoughts and prayers are with you. To help those affected by these storms, COATS Staffing Software has made a donation to the American Red Cross.
The Case for Staffing: Bad Hires
As the economy recovers, more businesses are hiring. Unfortunately, sometimes hiring done under the gun can backfire, resulting in the dreaded Bad Hire. As a staffing firm, you can remind your clients of the drawbacks of the Bad Hire and point out the benefits of using staffing to try before they buy.
Happy Easter from COATS
COATS Staffing Software wishes a very Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates it. We’ll be open on Monday at our usual times (8-5 Eastern), so please don’t hesitate to contact us.
3 Steps to the Best Reputation in the Staffing Industry
No matter how you differentiate, your business’s reputation can make the difference between competing on differentiation and price and having to compete on price alone.
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