June 24, 2015

If Google, a publicly-traded company with about $40 billion in annual revenue, can’t figure out if someone is an independent contractor or an employee, what does this mean for you? An article from Reuters last week, notes that Google is being sued by a former contractor, Jacob McPherson, alleging violation of federal labor standards, and that the…

The Monthly Book Report brought to you by Murphy Business Last month, the honey pot in this here space was stirred with commentary about Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg’s controversial book about women in the workplace. And this month, we stay in tech mogul land by discussing Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, CEO of the billion-dollar grossing Zappos.com. The author has made…

You hung your sign, answered your phone, and even had some happy customers. Congratulations, you are in business! Now’s the time to take the initiative with your books, remember, simple bookkeeping mistakes can cost thousands of dollars, and hours of frustration later. Don’t let these things happen to you! Five Bookkeeping Blunders to Avoid Payment…

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Last month, the Boston Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) ruled that members of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team are employees and as such have the right to unionize. Wasting no time, yesterday, the Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to unionize.  Many educational industry onlookers saw this as the necessary…

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Program produced by XPX South Florida. Our Speaker: James F. Higgins, Jr.Managing DirectorPilot Hill Advisors LLC Jim Higgins is a co-founder of Pilot Hill Advisors LLC where he specializes in designing, financing, and executing internal buyout transactions for privately held companies utilizing an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) structure. Jim has advised over 175 companies…

In our prior article, the details of the new test for determining who is an employee and who is an independent contractor was laid out click here. As of last week, that rule is effective. Now clients are asking how we got here and what comes next. Here are our thoughts.   Effective March 11,…

Starting with the End in Mind – webinar for business owners and buyers May 16 at 1PM (EDT) If you have the following questions, this webinar is for you! How do I strategically think about my end game? In other words, how do I figure out what game I am playing? What makes a business…

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