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After several years of processing, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued new fiduciary regulations on April 6. A previous attempt, back in 2010, was scrubbed when the investment community roundly criticized it as overkill. The new regulations seek to update the Employee...

Attracting and retaining qualified employees is a top concern for U.S. businesses, according to the Duke University / CFO magazineGlobal Business Outlook survey for the first quarter of 2016. Each year, thousands of positions go unfilled, often because job applicants don’t...

If you run a business “on the side” and derive most of your income from another source (whether from another business you own, employment or investments), you may face a peculiar risk: Under certain circumstances, this on-the-side business might not be a business at all in the...

National Small Business Week runs from May 1 through May 8. More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and these entities create about two out of every three jobs in the United States each year, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration....

When the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settles a case involving gender-based pay discrimination, they routinely publicize the results. A recent case highlighted by the EEOC (EEOC v. Gilbert Foods, a food service distributor) was brought by a seasoned female...

Now that the April 18 income tax filing deadline has passed, it may be tempting to set aside any thought of taxes until year end is approaching. But don’t succumb. For maximum tax savings, now is the time to start tax planning for 2016. More opportunities A tremendous number of...

Increasing client pricing pressure, new competition from nontraditional providers and soft demand for litigation services: These are just a few of the many challenges today’s law firms must contend with. Yet many firms are doing little to adapt to — let alone anticipate — what...

Roughly half the U.S. population lives in areas where government entities must incorporate “ban-the-box” policies into their hiring practices. The “box” refers to the empty square on a job application next to the question that begins, “Have you ever...

The major U.S. card companies — including Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express — voluntarily imposed a shift of liability for counterfeit “card present” transactions that went into effect for most merchants on October 1, 2015. (Gas stations with automated...

Maybe it’s a good thing that the April 15th federal tax deadline coincides with the urge to spring clean. It feels good to throw out some of the financial records stuffing your filing cabinets. But before you head for the dumpster, make sure you’re not disposing of...