Steven Strauss: My favorite part of the Olympics
Question: What is you favorite part of the Olympics? Mine was the diving.Answer: What if I said, “the shoes”? I’ll explain why in a moment, but let’s first acknowledge that there are all sorts of …
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August 20, 2012
August 17, 2012
Employers must justify instructing employees not to discuss ongoing investigations
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner Clark Hill PLC By: Thomas P. Brady In Banner Health System, 358 NLRB No. 93 (NLRB, 2012), the National Labor Relations Board (Board) continued its expansive reading of Section 7 rights …
August 17, 2012
If you can’t manage conflict, you can’t lead people
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Cheryl Kuch More than four in 10 (41%) managers and employees think their supervisors do not deal well with workplace conflicts, according to a survey by Healthy Companies …
August 17, 2012
Small craft brewers are thriving in Michigan. Learn why today on Business Next!
Today on Business Next, Ron Jeffries, founder of Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales and Northern United Brewing Company, talks about the business of craft brewing and his plans for business expansion. Jolly Pumpkin was recently highlighted at michiganjobsinsight.com. Also …
August 17, 2012
Firing a shirker: Do it timely or face the consequences
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Anthony Kaylin When an employee violates an attendance policy and the employer fails to terminate the employee for those violations in a timely way, it can come back …
August 16, 2012
Red flag alert: EEOC turning up the heat on pay discrimination
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Kevin Marrs Those of us still rattled by the impact of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 may now have more to be concerned about. According …
August 16, 2012
Can money buy happiness? Not on the best teams . . .
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Anthony Kaylin The best things in life are freeBut you can keep 'em for the birds and beesNow give me money, (that's what I want) that's what I …
August 15, 2012
25 join SBAM; Engagement key to growth
Growth at SBAM has not slowed this summer, with membership increasing every week including last week when 25 business owners joined our organization. Eighteen businesses joined for an exclusive member benefit including group health insurance, …
August 15, 2012
How Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is helping small businesses grow! Wednesday on Business Next
Jamie Clover Adams, director of Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, provides an overview of the department’s mission and how it relates to small businesses; talks about how the department is helping small businesses …
August 15, 2012
Hands off Michigan’s Constitution
Outside Interest Groups Expected to Spend up to $100 Million to Hijack Michigan’s Constitution Lansing, MI, August 14, 2012—Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Constitution (CPMC), a diverse group of tax payers and job providers today released a television …
August 14, 2012
SBAM Responds: IRS Reviewing “Use it or Lose it”
A mostly overlooked bulletin sent out in May from the Treasury Department, included a surprise in what otherwise might have been a routine announcement on further implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable care Act. …
August 13, 2012
Low-cost volunteer public speaking training for you and your workers! Details on today’s Business Next audio seminar
Today on Business Next, Michael Rogers talks with Jack Pyle, Lt. Governor for Marketing for District 62 Toastmasters, to learn how Toastmasters’ low-cost volunteer public speaking training can help your small business employees improve their …
August 10, 2012
Advice on improving your sales! Listen today on the free Business Next audio seminar
Friday on Business Next, SBAM’s Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with Perry Ballard, founder of Manage Perceived Value, about the interaction between small business products and services and how to leverage that to improve …
August 9, 2012
SBAM responds to attacks on Schuette opinion regarding union-backed “Protect Our Jobs” proposal
The Detroit News today reported that supporters of a constitutional amendment to protect collective bargaining struck back against Attorney General Bill Schuette on Wednesday for urging the Board of State Canvassers to reject their petitions.In …
August 9, 2012
Headphones in the office – positive or negative?
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Joe DeSantis Studies are showing that wearing headphones or ear buds to shut out ambient noise in an open office can be a good thing or a bad …
August 8, 2012
Think your data is safe? Think again.
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Anthony Kaylin Common problem: your employee leaves the company, then uses your company’s data in the new job. What recourse do you have?In April 2010, Mike Miller resigned …
August 8, 2012
Employers beware when it comes to social media in the workplace
(By Julie Mann and David J. Houston. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine.Historically, we have seen that “law” lags “life.” What this means is that cases do not make it to and through …
August 8, 2012
Implementation deadline for new ERISA participant fee disclosure rules is fast approaching
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner Clark Hill PLCBy Stephanie L. Hicks Earlier this year, the Department of Labor finalized regulations that detail new participant disclosure rules under ERISA. These new regulations will become effective for …
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