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Designers: Roundup of the Best Color Sites out There

Color Hunt “By creating smart and simple compositions of several tones, we provide beautiful palettes of colors that work together.”   COLOURLovers 300,000+ designers and color-minded people share their color palettes on the site constantly, so there’s always fresh inspiration.   Adobe Color CC Nobody does it better than Adobe. Create your own color palette

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Don’t Get Caught without a Business Succession Plan

Many business owners may be good at running their companies, but the majority of them are failing to address essential long-term planning that is critical to sustaining their businesses. The one area that the majority of business owners often neglect is planning for business continuity if they die or become disabled, according to the “2015

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Don’t Overlook Equipment Breakdown Insurance

Imagine it’s a typical July day somewhere in the southern U.S. You own a 30,000-square-foot office building that is 85% occupied – and the air conditioning and ventilation systems stop working! The outside temperature is in the 90s and the humidity is high. It doesn’t take long before the tenants start to complain. The contractor

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Tips on Hiring Teens for Summer Employment

You may be considering taking on some extra workers for the summer months, and often many employers will gravitate towards hiring teenagers looking for temporary work. If you are planning on hiring any workers under the age of 18, you should familiarize yourself with federal and any state laws on child labor restrictions. The Fair

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Tips on Hiring Teens for Summer Employment

You may be considering taking on some extra workers for the summer months, and often many employers will gravitate towards hiring teenagers looking for temporary work. If you are planning on hiring any workers under the age of 18, you should familiarize yourself with federal and any state laws on child labor restrictions. The Fair

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Proposed Regs on Small Business Association Plans Could Invite Fraud

Proposed regulations that would allow small businesses and individuals to band together to purchase group coverage could open up a new era of fraud in U.S. health insurance, according to comments filed by a number of groups. Former Department of Labor officials, insurance companies and employee advocacy groups sounded the warning in letters to the

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Five Ways Employers Can Save on Health Care Costs

In recent years, many companies have been dealing with rising health care costs largely by transferring more of the expense and risk on to their employees. But some employers have found smarter, more creative ways to limit health costs without further burdening valued employees. Here are some of the best solutions: Pharmacy benefit managers. Pharmacy

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To Bolster Employee Loyalty, Be Sure to Educate Them

A recent Harris Interactive Study, commissioned by insurer Unum Group, found that employees who receive frequent and thorough education on their available benefits are more likely to view their employer positively, and to feel that they are valued by them. The survey establishes a positive correlation between employees’ understanding of their benefits and productivity. Your

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Maximum Family HSA Contribution Reduced for 2018

One of the unintended consequences of the tax bill that was signed into law by President Trump in December was a change to the HSA contribution limits for 2018, and action needs to be taken for some participants immediately. As a result of the new tax law, the IRS announced in March that the maximum

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Rating Agency Calls for 7.2% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut

Thanks to reforms enacted in 2014, California’s workers’ comp rating agency is recommending that the average benchmark rate be cut by 7.2% for policies effective July 1 and onward. The filing made by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is for the state’s pure premium rates, which are essentially the base rates to cover expected

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