The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent denial of a Trump administration bid to expedite a legal challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program means, for the time being, California employers can continue to legally employ Dreamers with DACA status. Status quo for the DACA program also means that Congress is unlikely to take […]

If you own a small business and have at least one employee besides yourself, by law you have to carry workers compensation insurance. In today’s tough business environment, saving every penny and avoiding unnecessary costs can determine whether or not the doors stay open. Here are the best ways to save money on your Workers […]

Many employers offer basic life insurance to their employees as part of the employee benefits package. While it varies, this life insurance policy is usually a set amount or the equivalent of one year’s salary and is offered at a very low cost or even free. Though that may be enough coverage if you are […]

Making sure employees know their safety requirements is critical not just for the success of the business, but also for the safety of employees and the environment. If every person in an organization was fully engaged and committed to creating a safe environment, the number of safety incidents and near misses would be almost nonexistent. […]

Sadly, a large percentage of people — most notably, the baby-boom generation (1946-1964) — have made some monumental retirement mistakes. If they had come to us earlier, seeking retirement advice, we could have helped them avoid many classic retirement blunders. Here are six of them: Mistake 1. Failing to set aside enough money for retirement. Because […]

An ESOP is not the only way for employees to own a company, but it is by far the most common. Although the concept was almost unknown until 1974, by 2014, about 7,000 companies had ESOPs covering 13.5 million employees, according to the National Center for Employee Ownership, a nonprofit membership group that provides information […]