By Bryan Orander, president, Charitable Advisors Next week is Labor Day when the focus is on jobs. As the U.S. recovers from the recession of the previous decade, the labor market has tightened. Amid whispers that the country is moving towards statistically full employment, many employers are reverting to a basic method of recruiting and […]
By Jeremy York, Human Resources field representative, Synergy PEO Services Last year, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the law that outlines overtime exemptions for workers. These proposed changes will extend overtime protections to nearly five million workers by making many positions previously considered overtime exempt […]
By Sathya Raghu V. Mokkapati, CEO, Kheyti Ashok Goud is small farmer in the state of Telangana in southern India who has been farming two acres of land for the past 20 years. When his paddy crop failed last year due to drought, he planted maize. When the market for maize fell, he learned how […]
By Michael Pollan, author, reprinted from The Washington Post In the 10 years since I wrote “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” many things about the American food system have changed for the better, but perhaps the most important development — and potentially the most challenging to the long-term survival of that system — is the fact that […]
By Dan Mitchell, independent journalist, Green Biz It is nearly impossible to calculate the real costs and benefits — including the externalized or invisible costs — of any human activity: growing soybeans; making car tires; cooking dinner for your family. When growing soy, for example, it’s easy enough to calculate the total price paid for […]
By Mike Staton , co-founder and managing director, Alerding CPA Group The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued the new overtime final regulations (“Final Rule”) which impact nonprofits as well as for profits. The new rules will go into effect December 1, and will mean that most employees earning less than $47,476 will be entitled […]
By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors Over time, Centers for Working Families has learned that with the right tools, families can take small, deliberate steps that change their financial footing from unstable to solid. But families also need access to higher quality jobs, higher wages, better benefits, steady employment and opportunities for advancement. To acquire […]
By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors Ten years ago, Terri Ottinger was laid off, raising two elementary-aged daughters alone and trying to save the family home from foreclosure. Ottinger and the girls’ father had split, and more than anything, she wanted to keep the house they had owned together to give her children a stable […]