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Companies Need to Re-Think Weight-Based Discrimination

When hit film director Kevin Smith was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight in 2010 after the carrier declared him too overweight to fly, it dramatically illustrated the routine humiliations millions of Americans face. Research from Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity reported that weight discrimination increased 66 percent from the mid-1990s to […]

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Employees Question Yahoo’s Limited No Telecommuting Policy

In today’s job market, offering a telecommuting option can be very attractive to job applicants. In fact, when searching for and applying for a job online, many prospective employees will search for a position that offers to telecommute, especially in today’s uncertain times. Seriously, what could be better than staying in your jammies and working from […]

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Valuable Business Lessons Learned While Playing Temple Run

I just made the move from the iPhone to the Galaxy S3. As part of the move, I wanted to check out some new games I hadn’t played before. So, I gathered my kids around the new phone and together we visited the Google Play store to select a few titles. I went for Fruit […]

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Bracing for the New Year With New Employee Tax Issues

As a business owner, you have to worry about hiring the right person, training the right person, paying the right salary and basically doing everything. Are we right? Even though you may do everything you’re supposed to, some things are out of your control, such as employee tax issues. This year, your employees will see less […]