In 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor will recalibrate the Salary Level test that determines eligibility for exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Wage and Hour law. The change would raise the …
One of the difficult issues to deal with in FMLA is whether you can terminate an employee who is on FMLA leave. Under certain circumstances, you can.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews tech expert Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan.
Aaron MacDonald, Small Group Sales Director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, talks about health insurance trends important to small business, and a review of the reasons behind the recent drop in health insurance …
The Small Business Association of Michigan recently held its annual Leadership Council Summit at Crystal Mountain.
The tragic events in Paris reminded us, unfortunately not for the first time, that we live in a very different world from the one that our parents and our older workplace colleagues knew.
Michael Rogers of the Small Business Association of Michigan talks with Michigan Public Service Commissioner Norm Saari about the Small Business Ombudsman at the Michigan Agency for Energy.
Use market intelligence to help improve the flexibility of your business operation. Hear tips from author and business consultant Seena Sharp on the latest edition of the SBAM Entrepreneurial Insights podcast.
With the holidays approaching, chances are that you will have many guests visiting your business or home. Some may even be uninvited guests. While there may be little you can do to keep weird Aunt Martha or …
The Michigan Business Network, along with The Accident Fund and Phoenix Innovate, is conducting a survey to help forecast the trajectory of Michigan’s small business economy over the next six months.
Small business owners need to be alert to energy payment scams that are emerging across the state this holiday season. Energy scam attempts so far this year have led to $81,000 in losses.
Legislation preventing paid leave time for union officials on union business from being a part of collective bargaining conversations passed out of the Senate Tuesday.
The long-desired plan to eventually inject $1.2 billion into the state's roads was officially made law Tuesday, thanks to the stroke of Gov. Rick SNYDER's pen.
CNN and Turner Broadcasting settled an EEOC charge with a former CNN correspondent, Josh Levs, who claimed that the company’s paid parental leave discriminated against biological fathers.
The new budget act will increase OSHA penalties for the first time in 25 years, and the increases will be big.
Although the case of Leslie Lyle Camick is a criminal case of identify fraud that did not touch HR, it should give HR professionals pause. As HR files numerous reports with the government, from EEO-1 …
Two years ago when Yahoo and HP made major news by disbanding their telecommuting policies, many workplace observers figured it was the end of the marriage of convenience between home computing and workplace practice.
