Some companies run their own centers, on-site or near the place of business, while others pay for baby-sitters to go to an employee's home.
By 1990, Backus had given up the contracting business to become a full-time Omega employee.
The 10-to-1 employee to business ratio has remained constant.
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Many small business employers do not have Employer-Employee Handbooks or fail to update them on a regular and timely basis.
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Many organizations are considering allowing personally-owned mobile devices to access business applications in order to drive employee satisfaction and productivity, while reducing their mobile expenses.
Wachovia already does a big business providing commercial insurance brokerage and employee benefits to large corporate and middle-market companies.
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Traditionally, ordinary workers were at a disadvantage in this game, since unreimbursed employee business expenses are harder to deduct than self-employed business expenses.
In Bali, we faced a real challenge with instilling an attitude of employee empowerment, essential in our total-quality approach to business.
The line at the top of this post is taken from the homepage of DeskTime, a time tracking company that dispenses with the self-improvement ethos of rival services and gets down to the gritty business of employee accountability.
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I've been away from Cintas for two years and left on my own to start a successful business, so I'm far from a bitter ex-employee.
Bensigner believes that video communications solutions are fast becoming business-spending priorities due to their compelling return on investments as they help reduce costly travel expense and improve employee efficiency.
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If you're in the danger zone, try to limit deductions that aren't allowed in AMT--for example, unreimbursed employee business expenses. (Ask for a bigger expense account instead of a raise.) And pick your muni bond funds carefully: Certain muni interest is taxed in the AMT.
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When the executive team, culture, and business make a positive contribution to society while making a profit, they tend to have fewer lawsuits, better employer-employee relations, a stronger environmental policy and safer products.
University of Maryland business professor Peter Morici, a longtime GM critic, says the end of employee-price discounts will likely drop sales to about 4 million vehicles a year from 4.5 million, putting yet more pressure on the company's financial obligations.
The thoughts of ex-Amazon employee on the low-margin business is making the rounds of the blogs, but I wanted to point out one paragraph for further consideration, and how it applies to the world of smartphones in general, and Nokia in particular.
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