A tremendous amount of money changes hands during the holiday season. Take the opportunity to not only save money but also potentially make money.For example, Black Friday is a great day for retailers. It is the first day of the year that most retailers start making money for the year. Also the thirty-day period between Halloween and Thanksgiving normally is not a sale period but times have changed and changed radically.The...more
Foreign entrepreneurs, shareholders, managing directors, high-ranking employees, and professionals in Singapore are required to apply for Employment Pass if they want to work, setup a business, and relocate in the country. This visa has a more stringent qualification compared to other types of work pass in the country. With this, applicants should meet these criteria in order to receive this visa. At least a fixed monthly salary of S$2,500. ...more
Critical Guidelines Everyone Needs to Know Before Hiring AnyoneMost employers realize that running employment screening background checks isn't just an option, it's mandatory. Whether you are a large corporation or a small business, the consequences of hiring the wrong person can come in the form of high turnover costs or worse yet, lawsuits from negligent hiring that average around $500,000 should someone get hurt. Most of us still don't like to think about people doing harm to ourselves or others, but the reality is that we live in a country with one of the highest rates of financial crimes, including embezzlement, fraud, and theft. And that's just the beginning.Let's look at just a few statistics regarding employee theft - which is, according to the FBI, the fastest growing crime in the U.S.- $50 billion dollars are lost annually due to employee theft and fraud according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. As a result, 20% of all businesses fail due to the same reason.-"White Collar Crime: Loss Prevention through Internal Control", a report released by Ernst & Young, states that companies lose 1% to 2% of their sales to crime. Employees commit most of these crimes or...more
Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination, harassment, and retaliation acts. Employers can be held liable for discriminatory acts in the hiring, retention, promotion, and termination process. Employees are protected with various labor rights that allow litigation as a means to recover damages and penalize misconduct of...more
Subsidized employment programme expiry leads to swelling of ranks of the poor. Last Thursday 30th September thousands and thousands of workers in the low-income category lost jobs as the employment programme fed by the stimulus plan expired. In 37 states, quarter million Americans had been given temporary jobs because of $5 billion coming in from...more
Everyday you can find quite a few headlines news with regards to robbery & theft, abuse of funds, various forms of abuse and harassment from co workers and other issues made headlines in newspapers. Today, majority of these kinds of issues are settled in courts. That is a significant factor that majority of companies are getting conscious of the fact and mostly this awareness is obtained through various incidents. However, you may prevent all the above mentioned circumstances by having a complete pre employment check. These days a lot of companies offer back ground checks on different rates.In fact the competition has reduced prices to attract possible customers. Pre employment checks enable any employer to get complete accurate data about any person relating to his/her past criminal record and various other critical records. These kinds of checks are basically performed before getting any possible worker, employee and staff. This check also ensure about someones reliability. These checks also be certain that the noted certificates and documents are legal are truly acquired.You are able to, pre employment checks also tell you just about anything that person is hiding purposefully...more
An employment lawyer Toronto, is trained to assisted clients on a number of different issues regarding this area of the law. There are many occasions that arise when an employee will need to seek legal counsel regarding their place of employment....more
Sellers Nightmare Come True!In this market environment, selling a house is becoming increasingly challenging as unemployment reaches nine percent over the summer, and the number of foreclosures increases 25% over last years figures. This perfect...more
To be employed as a transcriptionist is not just all about the money you can possibly earn through transcribing notes. It is also how you can utilize your skills in transcription and provide the most excellent type of service to your...more
A Singapore work visa scheme designed for foreign experts who have employment with a Singapore employer and for foreigners that are business people is named Employment Pass. Companies may then apply as employees of their duly incorporated company....more
We all know how important it is to impress a prospective employer; anything which will raise an eyebrow will give you an advantage over your equally ambitious competitors. Yes, we all have our faults (even though we will claim that we are faultless...more
Employment law protects employees from discrimination, harassment, and hostile work environment by moving a legal lawsuit against the employer. Employment law ensures that the rights of the employees are protected and they receive due...more