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(Updated from 03/22/2021) When I am teaching continuing education courses, this is a question I get a lot. It comes in light of the Bostock v. Clayton County case that was decided by the US …
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(Updated from 03/29/2021) The quick answer is that not much is different. This is a response to my last video in which I talked about managing LGBTQ employees. The reason the Bostock case …
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(Updated from 05/15/2016) The New York State (NYS) Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is the administrative state agency charged with ensuring employees injured at work receive the treatment and wage …
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(Updated from 12/21/2016) Remember the days when people didn't talk about politics at work? Nance doesn't either. When she contributed to this article for the Tampa Bay Times, Donald Trump had …
(Updated from 07/04/2019) I love free trials as much as the next person. Maybe it started at Baskin-Robbins, where we got those tiny spoons to taste the 31 flavors. (Apparently, you can't sample …
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(Updated from 11/20/2018) In her work as a Diversity Trainer, Nance is often navigating spaces that are uncomfortable for participants. Sometimes, they are even uncomfortable for her. She often …
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(Updated from original post on 04/04/2016): Notice that I said workers, not employees. I know you have been reading the articles online and in entrepreneur magazines that imply (if not directly …
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(Updated from 09/14/2017) After Nance lost her Director of Marketing position, she worked for a major healthcare company through a temporary staffing agency. She was in her 20s and had limited work …
(Updated from the original post on 01/20/2020): Worker Misclassification occurs when a person or entity classifies a worker as a non-employee. Regardless of whether this was an intentional act, the …
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(Updated from 12/20/2021) Each time I read an article that encourages readers to use independent contractors instead of employees to build their new businesses, I cringe. It's not that independent …
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