Whatever Happened To These 7 Bills?
Several high-profile legislative issues were thrown back in the freezer Thursday as House members and senators tied a bow on the spring session of 2016.
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June 21, 2016
June 21, 2016
SBAM Small BIZ PAC announces endorsements for Aug. 2 primary
The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) Small BIZ PAC has endorsed candidates for the Aug. 2 primary election. In addition, in some races the Small BIZ PAC has designated multiple candidates as receiving the …
June 20, 2016
The pros and cons of franchises
The pros and cons of franchises and the results of the latest PNC Bank survey of small and mid-size businesses.
June 17, 2016
Small businesses not exempt from new FLSA regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor issued its much-anticipated final rule changing the regulations for the so-called "white collar” exemptions under the FLSA, and doubled the minimum salary level necessary for employees to be properly classified …
June 17, 2016
Health and safety firm named to MI 50 Companies to Watch List
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Ellen Hallett, chief operating officer for RightAnswer.com, Inc., of Midland.
June 16, 2016
Complexities of paying a salary to a non-exempt employee
As a result of the changes to the FLSA salary level test, many employers will need to convert some of their currently exempt employees to non-exempt. This will result in an additional administrative burden for …
June 15, 2016
Senate Passes HICA Elimination/Replacement Bills
The Health Insurance Claims Assessment (HICA), a fee dreaded by the business community, would go away under legislation that passed the Senate Wednesday.
June 15, 2016
Senate Passes New House DPS Package with Minor Changes
Senate Republicans Wednesday evening pushed through a Detroit Public Schools (DPS) reform package that closely resembled what the House passed late last week with a couple changes.
June 15, 2016
Can retirees help address your small business workforce needs?
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with small business advocate, Chris Holman, 2016 President of AARP Michigan, about tapping into retirees to help address your small business workforce …
June 14, 2016
Are you making work meaningless?
Employee engagement is at the top of many organizations’ priority lists. Meaningful work contributes greatly to engagement, yet there has been little research on how to make work more (or less) meaningful for employees.
June 13, 2016
Top-notch innovators at Michigan State University
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with award-winning innovators honored at Michigan State University’s annual Innovation Celebration.
June 13, 2016
New trends finding their way to landing pages
With digital marketing, everything is in a constant state of change, and the same goes for landing pages. Your landing page is the first page many people see, which means that page is going to either further …
June 10, 2016
Is your sales process helping or hindering your small business?
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews sales training expert, Joe Marr, of Sandler Training, in Ann Arbor.
June 10, 2016
Safety tips to protect your long-term health when using mobile devices
A recent study suggested new evidence linking mobile phone use to cancer. A safe long term strategy may be to use hands-free as much as possible.
June 10, 2016
Inaugural Global Automotive Cybersecurity Summit coming To Detroit July 22
A new cutting-edge technology event with cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous cars is being organized by Billington CyberSecurity. The cyber summit will include CEOs in the auto industry as well as top government and …
June 10, 2016
Ban the email: The ultimate cure for employee burnout?
Today we do ever more with ever less, and we expect every one of our employees to embrace that philosophy. But what is the effect of it on their personal lives?
June 10, 2016
Easy tips to turbocharge the performance of your business smartphone
Tips and advice on how to improve the performance of one of your most important tools for small business success: your smartphone.
June 9, 2016
How is your business credit score different from your personal credit score?
Just as your personal credit score reflects the likelihood that you’ll meet your payment obligations, your business credit score measures the creditworthiness of your business.
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