Publications
August 1, 2015
Weekly Report 15-31
SELLING OR BUYING A BUSINESS IS USUALLY MORE ART THAN SCIENCE. Sellers predominantly aspire to ‘price’ – a number conceptualized from what something/somewhere sold for, or a broker put in their mind, a ‘valuation’ from some appraiser or accountant, imaginative perception of what the business ‘ought to be’ worth, or what they simply think is... Continue
July 26, 2015
Weekly Report 15-30.1
NEW GUIDELINES FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS ARE TROUBLE FOR EMPLOYERS. Effective last week, pursuant to an ‘Administrative Interpretation,’ the Dep’t of Labor formally adopted an ‘economic realities’ test – under which “most workers are employees,” based on six determinative factors: (1) permanent vs indefinite relationship; (2) “special skill and initiative” required; (3) whether “managerial skill... Continue
July 20, 2015
Weekly Report 15-29
UPDATE ON MILLENNIALS: “Empowered by a world connected by technology, the tasks of millennials have been digitized, dematerialized, demonetized, democratized…and they know how to leverage the tools at their disposal to do things more effectively… Accordingly, they crave flexibility and expect to be mobile to work from home/office/cafes/etc at their will. Mission-driven and motivated by... Continue
July 12, 2015
Weekly Report 15-28
TAKE CAUTION WITH MILLENNIAL RESUMES – WHICH HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING SKEWED since Gen Yers “guard their professional and personal images online, covering up anything bad that’s ever happened… While notorious for oversharing, their resumes are carefully curated for potential employers…so you don’t see them posting negative status updates.” According to a Linked-In... Continue
July 2, 2015