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.
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June 15, 2016
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.
June 9, 2016
How to advertise to Generation C focus Of aimWest update June 15
Brands who understand this new generation, their passions, and their needs, can create a stronger connection with potential buyers.
June 8, 2016
Small business can provide translation services for 170 languages
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Michigan 50 Companies to Watch winner, Jinny Bromberg, president of Bromberg and Associates.
June 8, 2016
Five strategies for complying with the new salary level test
The change in the white-collar salary level test from $455 per week to $913 per week (as well as the highly compensated employee test) is expected to affect an estimated 4.2 million workers. This will …
June 7, 2016
Michigan moves to 20th in Anderson biz tax study
In 2014, Michigan's business tax burden is the nation's 20th lowest among all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a recently released Anderson Economic Group (AEG) study.
June 7, 2016
Snyder: Last eight months hardest of career
(MACKINAC ISLAND) -- Gov. Rick SNYDER has faced congressional committees, been taunted in restaurants and booed on stage in Flint.In a one-on-one interview with MIRS Friday, the Governor said the last eight months were the roughest of his career …
June 7, 2016
5 reasons why e-waste management is a must for small businesses – and what you can do about it
With tons of gadgets, devices, appliances, and equipment being disposed of every single day across the globe, electronic trash (or e-waste) is becoming the biggest source of waste in the world.
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