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National Payroll Week celebrates the hard work by America’s 156 million wage earners and the payroll professionals who pay them. Together, through the payroll withholding system, they contribute, collect, report and deposit approximately $1.7 trillion, or 64.2%, of the annual revenue of the U.S. Treasury. This special week celebrates many things important to each of […]
Visit Conserve.Restaurant.org — the Web site of the National Restaurant Association’s recently launched environmental initiative — to learn how to implement simple practices that can move your restaurant toward more sustainable operations without affecting your bottom line. The site features resources and tips to help small and large operations and also highlights success stories from […]
Full article When asked to name the top three margins pressures they will be facing in the last half of 2008, 83 percent of survey respondents named rising commodity prices (corn, beef, chicken, cheese) and energy costs (oil and gas) as the two most influential factors affecting margins. The third greatest concern, with 67 percent […]
The Department of Labor (DOL) has recently issued an opinion letter on whether an employer’s break and meal policy was in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) [Wage & Hour Opinion Letter FLSA2008-7NA]. The company has written policies regarding break and meal periods which provide: The company offers employees a 15-minute break during […]
A nonpartisan coalition of more than 90 faith, community, labor and business organizations has launched an ambitious “$10 in 2010″ campaign to raise the federal minimum wage within two years. The Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign announced the crusade with support from various denominations, including American Baptist Churches USA, the Episcopal Church, Religious Action […]
Eco-Friendly Founding Farmers Restaurant Grows in DC Complete Article in Wall Street Journal First LEED Gold-Designed, Green Restaurant to Open in the Nation’s Capital According to the new 2009 Washington D.C./Baltimore Zagat Restaurants Survey guide, regional residents that dine out are clearly moving in a “greener” direction. Seventy percent of surveyors consider eating locally grown […]
If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to issue minimum-wage checks to 200,000 state workers in less than a month, he may want to rehire any semi-retired computer programmers he terminated last week. Democratic state Controller John Chiang said Monday it would take at least six months to reconfigure the state’s payroll system to issue blanket checks […]
With less than three months until the 2008 presidential election, both candidates have expressed their views about a possible Social Security tax increase. The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) imposes two taxes on employers, employees, and self-employed workers — one for Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI; commonly known as the Social Security tax), […]