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Why more middle class Americans are defining themselves as working class

Work Life

Car insurance is up 20.6% a retail salesperson, increased 2.8% However, the sustained lag behind the actual cost of basic goods equates to a loss of more than $26,000 over the past 15 years for a retail salesperson—more than a full year’s earnings, Hoopes says. Outpatient medical services are up 8.3%

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The sector responds to the Spring Budget

Workplace Insight

These include a cut in National Insurance, pension fund reforms, support for working parents, AI, helping people back in to work and more. You can see the Government’s own summary here. Yesterday’s Spring Budget included a number of announcements that affect the various people, place and technology professions in the UK.

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How Influential Leader Deborah Collier Helps Digital Businesses Thrive

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She has been doing it for decades, using her extensive educational background to create implementable strategies for businesses and governments for more than 30 years. DC: I also think we need more strategic development, leadership and governance, with a focus on ethics— environmentally and socially responsible businesses.

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Lessons on Creating a Business Emergency Plan From Maine-Based Company Better With Buckwheat

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The government declared a state of emergency. Their first point of advice was to get the disaster recovery team in as quickly as possible, start cleaning up the facility and worry about insurance policies and money later. After the flood, “We had to order all new stuff and do that without having the insurance money come in.

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The myth of men’s full-time employment

Work Life

Ideas for improvement The good news is, there are solutions for workers, employers, and the federal government. The government can support this goal by making college more affordable for workers, as the current administration has proposed doing.

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An HR professional’s guide to data privacy compliance and security

Insperity

retailers, had up to 70 million customers’ data hacked in 2013. Anthem, an American health insurance company, had nearly 78 million American’s medical data stolen in 2015. What state and federal laws govern HR data privacy compliance? Not only do the governing bodies and regulations vary by state, but it also varies by industry.

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Health Care Reform Play or Pay Delay: Why You Shouldn’t Wait

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10, 2014, the federal government announced yet another delay to the employer shared responsibility (“Play or Pay”) provisions of the Affordable Care Act. When government officials announced that they were once again delaying the Play or Pay provisions of health care reform, some business owners breathed a sigh of relief.