How to Delegate Like a Champion

by Niki Blois @ Century Business Solutions

Mon Feb 05 13:03:50 PST 2018

As team leader, you have a lot of responsibilities on your plate. You’re focused on your own work, your team members’ work, and the overall direction of your department. You’re expected to meet certain goals or hit certain milestones. And you may feel overwhelmed.One way to ease the pain? Delegation.Delegation is an essential part of [...]

Two arrested after Holocaust survivor killed inside Paris apartment in suspected anti-Semitic attack

by Bill Michlowski @ WNEP.com

Tue Mar 27 16:37:55 PDT 2018

PARIS – Two people have been arrested over the murder of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in Paris that is being investigated as a suspected anti-Semitic attack, a French judicial source told CNN on Tuesday. Mireille Knoll was stabbed 11 times in her apartment in the 11th arrondissement of Paris before her home was set on fire, according to government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux, who recounted the attack on Twitter. Her body was discovered in her apartment on Friday. Two men are […]

Crash on I-80 Slows Traffic in Carbon County

by Dan Ratchford @ WNEP.com

Wed Mar 28 08:41:53 PDT 2018

KIDDER TOWNSHIP, Pa.  — A crash on Interstate 80 in Carbon County backed up traffic Wednesday morning. The crash and fire on I-80 west happened around 10 a.m. in the westbound lanes between the Turnpike/Route 940 exit (277) and the Hickory Run State Park exit (274). There is no word on injuries or the cause of the wreck. See real-time traffic conditions at WNEP Traffic Tracker.

After Ruling That McDonald’s Can’t Pay Workers In Bank Cards, The Bank Pays Up

by Alan Pyke @ McDonalds – Today’s Workplace

Fri Jun 05 10:43:16 PDT 2015

Paying employees through prepaid debit cards that incur fees when workers try to withdraw their cash is illegal in Pennsylvania, a judge ruled Tuesday. The lawsuit targeting a McDonald’s franchisee in the eastern-central part of the state has already prompted a powerful Wall Street bank to voluntarily give money back, a lawyer for the plaintiffs […]

Fight for $15 workers file sexual harassment complaints against McDonald's

by Laura Clawson @ McDonalds – Today’s Workplace

Thu Oct 06 08:02:53 PDT 2016

Workers who are underpaid are all too often exploited and abused in other ways—after all, their employers know they’re vulnerable and need the paycheck. So we should be shocked, but not too surprised, by the contents of sexual harassment complaints against McDonald’s that the Fight for $15 has filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Cycei Monae, a McDonald’s worker […]

The Bizarre, Shania Twain-Based Argument For Keeping McDonald’s Wages Low

by Alan Pyke @ McDonalds – Today’s Workplace

Wed May 27 07:57:23 PDT 2015

It’s a good thing for pop music, honky-tonk feminism, and Canadian tax collectors that McDonald’s pays lousy wages. If the food stores paid their frontline workers enough to survive on, Shania Twain would still be working there, a shareholder claimed at the company’s annual meeting this week. The unidentified man, who said he’d been a […]

The utterly nonsensical way NFL cheerleaders must live their lives comes out in discrimination suit

by ThinkProgress Staff @ Today’s Workplace

Tue Mar 27 14:37:57 PDT 2018

It’s no secret that NFL cheerleaders are underpaid, undervalued, and held to ridiculous beauty standards by NFL organizations. But on Sunday, the New York Times published an infuriating report that reveals that some teams exert almost maniacal control over both the public image and personal lives of cheerleaders — all based on toxic, outdated notions of how […]

Why every business should consider switching to electronic payroll

by rapid! PayCard @ rapid! PayCard

Thu Oct 05 05:37:57 PDT 2017

Due to advancements in technology, utilizing payroll checks is becoming an outdated form of payment. Automated payment through direct deposit saves time and money, enhances security1, 2 and can make payday easy for employers and employees. Yet, resistance to modern banking solutions like direct deposit and paycards prevent many businesses from progressing in the 21st century. Paycard technology is growing in popularity, and as the benefits of switching to electronic payroll compound,  it becomes more difficult for businesses to avoid trying out alternative payment methods such as the rapid! PayCard. Still not convinced? Here are 3 reasons why paycheck holdouts are making the switch to a more convenient, modern, and... Read More

RIP: Stephen Hawking

by Jonathan @ Daily of the Day

Tue Mar 13 21:45:40 PDT 2018

We’ve sadly lost one of the greatest modern icons of science today.  Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76 at his home in Cambridge, England.  Hawking may have been one of the biggest “nerds” in history, and was even fine with parodying himself from time to time.  He was also something of a […]

Republicans now want to the balance the federal budget after passing $1 trillion tax cut

by Rebekah Entralg @ ThinkProgress

Wed Mar 28 09:11:27 PDT 2018

Congressional Republicans are planning to push a balanced budget amendment when they return from recess in April, Politico reported on Wednesday. The vote comes directly after many of those same Republicans voted to pass two massively expensive measures, a $1.3 trillion dollar spending bill and a $1 trillion dollar tax cut that primarily benefits the wealthiest […]

Electric Vehicle Sales Continue to Accelerate

by Jason Kuruvilla @ Consumers Union

Thu Mar 15 13:21:28 PDT 2018

2017 was another year of growth for electric vehicles. Nearly 200,000 electric vehicles were sold in the U.S. last year, up 25% from the year before, even as sales of traditional gas powered vehicles declined.  And for first time, global EV sales in 2017 crossed the 1 million mark. 2018 is already on track to […]

Living in an RV park where almost everyone leaves; harder to remember dreams

by Nicole @ Retmeishka

Mon Mar 26 08:38:36 PDT 2018

It’s kind of a minor trauma, not a major one. My neighbor said she’s leaving tomorrow. Today there’s a vehicle lifting her giant propane tank up and taking it away, but this process is taking a very long time, and the vehicle is out there making this loud whiny sound, so it’s making me anxious. […]

Graphics of the Day: Unreal Engine 4

by Jonathan @ Daily of the Day

Thu Mar 22 12:27:04 PDT 2018

Realtime graphics have come a long way.  The video here was captured in realtime (as opposed to pre-rendered more slowly) using the Unreal Engine 4, which powers a whole lot of video games these days.  What makes the video especially cool is that it’s using ray tracing to render light, reflections, and shadows, rather than […]

Not Lovin’ It: Thousands Storm McDonald’s HQ To Protest Low Wages

by Terrance Heath @ McDonalds – Today’s Workplace

Thu May 21 06:11:12 PDT 2015

In the largest protest of its kind, thousands of McDonald’s employees stormed the company’s headquarters today to demand that it stop spending millions manipulating stock prices, and start paying workers a living wage. McDonald’s cashiers and cooks came to the company’s shareholders meeting, at its corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois. More than 100 were […]

I would happily date a fat ENFP if he had a brain

by Nicole @ Retmeishka

Sun Mar 25 10:13:05 PDT 2018

I’m sick of competing against all their girlfriends. Even the fat ones have girlfriends. There’s a guy named Mark who I denied was ENFP for years, because he’s also quite stupid, and I thought he had to be ESFP. But I then spent enough time with ESFPs to learn how our conversations fail to flow […]

Workers’ rights dealt major blow as GOP-led labor board sides with McDonald’s

by ThinkProgress Staff @ McDonalds – Today’s Workplace

Fri Jan 19 13:23:11 PST 2018

In September, the National Labor Relations Board tilted to a 3-2 GOP majority for the first time in ten years. Thus began a series of Obama-era policy reversals that previously strengthened worker protections. By December, the NLRB overturned the Obama-era “Browning-Ferris” rule. The landmark rule had made it easier for employees to hold companies liable for labor violations committed […]

I hope that there will be a time soon when I don’t have to spend the entire day sleeping

by Nicole @ Retmeishka

Thu Mar 22 16:57:51 PDT 2018

I’m still off caffeine. When I was using caffeine, I would be awake but doing other things all day long that were unproductive, like writing an extremely long blog or playing games. I could write huge book length blogs for hours on my laptop, but never do a single thing to improve my life. “They” […]

What You Need to Know About a Qualifying Life Event

by Rachel Gray @ Payroll Tips, Training, and News

Mon Mar 12 05:10:40 PDT 2018

Employees have a window of time each year to sign up for certain types of employer-sponsored insurance. Although this open enrollment period takes place at the end of each year for all employees, an employee can add or remove coverage at any time of the year if they have a qualifying life event. What is […]

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Inside the Case That Could Hold McDonald’s Responsible for Union-busting

by Andrew Elrod @ McDonalds – Today’s Workplace

Tue May 05 14:26:07 PDT 2015

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) complaint for unfair labor practices against the McDonald’s corporation inched forward in a Manhattan courtroom last month. Lawyers representing the company, its franchisees, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the government met to discuss the future of a case that could lay the groundwork for union representation and […]

Kim Jung Un schmoozes China, leaving Trump to respond via Twitter

by D. Parvaz @ ThinkProgress

Wed Mar 28 09:21:06 PDT 2018

To see photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his first visit outside his country since he took power in 2011 is to see an image of a leader having a wonderful time with his good friend, Chinese President Xi Jinping. Both men appear totally relaxed and smiling at banquets, in great halls, […]

Consumers Union statement on reports of self-driving Uber car, pedestrian fatality

by David Butler @ Consumers Union

Mon Mar 19 13:34:01 PDT 2018

  Monday, March 19, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports, made the following statement today following the news reports of a pedestrian fatality involving a self-driving Uber vehicle in Arizona: David Friedman, Director of Cars and Product Policy and Analysis, Consumers Union, said, “All of our thoughts and sympathies […]

McDonald's settles with franchise workers for $3.75 million in wage theft lawsuit

by Laura Clawson @ McDonalds – Today’s Workplace

Tue Nov 01 06:01:37 PDT 2016

McDonald’s is still insisting it isn’t a joint employer of workers in franchise restaurants, but even so, it’s paying out millions to settle a lawsuit over labor law violations by a franchisee: In a filing in U.S. district court in San Francisco on Friday, lawyers representing about 800 employees at five restaurants owned by a […]

Your Guide to Direct Deposit During the Holidays

by rapid! PayCard @ rapid! PayCard

Thu Nov 16 05:07:27 PST 2017

The holiday season is around the corner, which for some means eggnog and lights on display, but for others it means payroll delays. Automated payment through direct deposit is proven to be more efficient, secure and cost-effective than paper checks. Still, there are a few considerations to keep in mind when switching over to electronic payment — especially around the holidays. The holiday season is a double-edged sword: it’s likely the most expensive time of the year, but is also full of banking holidays which can affect the timeliness of direct deposit. Here’s why. What is the ACH and why does it matter? The Automated Clearing House is an electronic... Read More

I had two cups of coffee yesterday; more about my humble husband

by Nicole @ Retmeishka

Sun Mar 25 13:05:20 PDT 2018

I had two small cups of full strength coffee at work. Some poison has been triggering unbearable coffee cravings when I put on my hoodie – the expensive hoodie I bought at Tractor Supply Store. If I’m lucky, I’ll be able to quit cold turkey today without using watercoffee, since my brain hasn’t had time […]

fatigue triggered by mineral fiber insulation

by Nicole @ Retmeishka

Fri Mar 23 14:13:36 PDT 2018

My neighbor, the lesbian, who has been back together with her girlfriend all this time, says she is soon leaving to go live on some cheap land in West Virginia. She has some family there and she has an accent. So she’s doing the exact thing I’ve considered – cheap land for a couple thousand […]

RIP: Stephen Hawking

by Jonathan @ Daily of the Day

Tue Mar 13 21:45:40 PDT 2018

We’ve sadly lost one of the greatest modern icons of science today.  Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76 at his home in Cambridge, England.  Hawking may have been one of the biggest “nerds” in history, and was even fine with parodying himself from time to time.  He was also something of a […]

Future Readiness for Accountants: Artificial Intelligence

by Niki Blois @ Century Business Solutions

Fri Mar 02 15:38:01 PST 2018

It’s clear that a revolution has begun. KPMG is working with IBM’s Watson, PwC uses AI-fueled sprints to rapidly develop working models for clients, and Deloitte has an in-house innovation team that focuses the majority of its time on AI. (Source.) As the biggest names in accounting demonstrate, AI is becoming an essential tool [...]

Thinking Outside the Basket: Unique Easter Gift Ideas

by Ryan Leckey @ WNEP.com

Wed Mar 28 01:24:46 PDT 2018

When it comes to Easter, getting creative with those perfect presents for the kiddos isn’t always easy. But help is here! Bargain mom and super shopper Jenna Urban teamed up with Newswatch 16 This Morning on Wednesday. Jenna joined Ryan Leckey in Dunmore to highlight some unusual Easter gifts ranging from DIY treats to creative Easter basket ideas. Head here to be directed to Jenna’s creative holiday suggestions. By the way, if you need some more DIY Easter ideas, be […]

I’m protesting daylight savings time and psychological pricing

by Nicole @ Retmeishka

Mon Mar 26 15:33:30 PDT 2018

I’m reading about the March For Our Lives (skimming briefly, no time to read yet). It’s a “government approved” protest.

Graphics of the Day: Unreal Engine 4

by Jonathan @ Daily of the Day

Thu Mar 22 12:27:04 PDT 2018

Realtime graphics have come a long way.  The video here was captured in realtime (as opposed to pre-rendered more slowly) using the Unreal Engine 4, which powers a whole lot of video games these days.  What makes the video especially cool is that it’s using ray tracing to render light, reflections, and shadows, rather than […]

Schedule a Check-up for Your Financial Life

by rapid! PayCard @ rapid! PayCard

Fri May 05 09:13:33 PDT 2017

Most of us are diligent about maintaining the various aspects of our life. We swap out the batteries on our smoke detectors with regularity; we schedule annual physicals, and get our car’s oil changed based on the manufacturer’s mileage recommendation. Still, many of us tend to take better care of our cars than we do our financial life. The irony being, an un-tended financial life can break down just as assuredly as an under-serviced automobile. It can run out of gas, but it can also seize up and need a roadside tow. In short, a well-examined financial life is worth exploring. 1. Schedule. Set a recurring point in time for... Read More

Will the Courts Accept a Jury Duty Excuse Letter If You’re in a Pinch?

by Rachel Gray @ Payroll Tips, Training, and News

Mon Mar 19 05:10:23 PDT 2018

Sometimes, you or your employees’ personal responsibilities conflict with your business. For many small businesses, if you miss work or lose an employee for an extended period of time, there can be harmful effects on productivity in the workplace. But if you or an employee are called in for jury duty, you might not have […]

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When to Pay Employees for FLSA Hours Worked

by Kaylee Riley @ Payroll Tips, Training, and News

Wed Mar 28 05:15:18 PDT 2018

When nonexempt employees are doing their primary job duties, it’s easy to tell that they are working. Their working time should be compensated. But, when nonexempt employees are not doing their main job duties, it can be more difficult to tell if they are working and if they should be compensated. The Fair Labor Standards […]

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Trump reversal of Obama-era labor rule is great news for corporations

by Casey Quinlan @ McDonalds – Today’s Workplace

Fri Jun 23 05:49:42 PDT 2017

A transgender woman is suing McDonald’s and the owner of the franchised restaurant she worked for after allegedly experiencing sexual harassment and discrimination. La’Ray Reed said a coworker asked if she were a “boy or girl,” “top or bottom,” or what her “role” was “in the bedroom.” She said she was groped and spied on while using […]

New Mueller court filing links Trump campaign, Russian intelligence, and WikiLeaks

by Aaron Rupar @ ThinkProgress

Wed Mar 28 06:10:25 PDT 2018

In a Tuesday night court filing, special counsel Robert Mueller’s office revealed that it has linked a Trump campaign official who is cooperating with the special counsel’s investigation to a person who “has ties to a Russian intelligence service and had such ties in 2016.” According to Mueller’s office, Rick Gates — a longtime associate […]

RIP: Stephen Hawking

by Jonathan @ Daily of the Day

Tue Mar 13 21:45:40 PDT 2018

We’ve sadly lost one of the greatest modern icons of science today.  Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76 at his home in Cambridge, England.  Hawking may have been one of the biggest “nerds” in history, and was even fine with parodying himself from time to time.  He was also something of a […]

rapid! PayCard Green Dot Announcement

by rapid! PayCard @ rapid! PayCard

Tue Jan 31 14:03:14 PST 2017

Green Dot to Acquire UniRush, LLC, Operating Company for RushCard and Rapid! PayCard Transaction Expected to Generate Significant Strategic and Financial Synergies PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Green Dot Corporation (NYSE:GDOT) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire UniRush, LLC, and its operating businesses RushCard, a leading online direct-to-consumer general purpose reloadable prepaid card provider, and Rapid! PayCard, a leading corporate payroll card provider. The acquisition, which maps to “Step Five” of Green Dot’s “Six Step Plan” to enhance shareholder value, materially expands Green Dot’s scale with the addition of the RushCard and Rapid! PayCard installed customer bases, while establishing Green Dot as a formidable player in the growing... Read More

How Integration Software Solves 5 Common Accounting Mistakes

by Brian Chester @ Century Business Solutions

Mon Feb 12 11:20:37 PST 2018

A well-organized and carefully structured accounting strategy can save you hours on bookkeeping. Effective financial management is critical to business growth, but even the best accountants make mistakes. Too many mistakes, however, could seriously damage business finances and become time-consuming and expensive to repair. That’s why it’s important to catch these mistakes before they [...]

It’s time payment systems caught up with the demands of the gig economy

by rapid! PayCard @ rapid! PayCard

Tue Feb 13 16:10:28 PST 2018

Is your payment system ready for the gig economy or are you just a big wannabe? According to a Forbes article, 35 percent of the workforce have a gig, and collectively they earned $1 trillion from ad hoc work last year. But, freelance workers, who have come to expect payment as instantaneous as their work, are turning their noses up at outdated companies that can’t keep up. If you’re still mailing checks, might as well be using the Pony Express as far as tech-savvy gig workers are concerned. We are on the precipice of a major sea change, and the traditional employment model is quickly becoming as outdated as the... Read More

The controversy of payroll cards: What you need to know

by Emma Bryant @ SnagajobThe controversy of payroll cards: What you need to know – Snagajob

Wed Jun 18 06:12:41 PDT 2014

A new way of distributing paychecks is on the rise: The payroll card. Employers are making the switch from paper paychecks and direct deposits to company distributed reloadable debit cards. The cards can be used with direct purchases and ATMs — for a fee. The Controversy Payroll cards force employees to pay fees with each... read more

10 Tips to Keep Your Finances Secure in a Digital World

by Martie Rison @ Mize Houser & Company

Tue Mar 06 06:34:27 PST 2018

Every time you log into your financial information online you’re opening yourself up to risk. You could be a victim of identity theft, credit card fraud and more. But, all is not lost. If you are careful with your information…

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Graphics of the Day: Unreal Engine 4

by Jonathan @ Daily of the Day

Thu Mar 22 12:27:04 PDT 2018

Realtime graphics have come a long way.  The video here was captured in realtime (as opposed to pre-rendered more slowly) using the Unreal Engine 4, which powers a whole lot of video games these days.  What makes the video especially cool is that it’s using ray tracing to render light, reflections, and shadows, rather than […]