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FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) WHITE COLLAR EXEMPTIONS
Posted: July 14, 2016
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) provides protections for most employees concerning minimum wages and overtime. Certain employees are known as “exempt” from those standards. Those mainly include executive, administrative and professional employees. There are generally three tests to have this exemption apply: Salary basis test – pay is predetermined and fixed and not subject […]
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Healthy Hump Day: Is Eating Right at an Amusement Park Possible?
Posted: July 13, 2016
Is Eating Right at an Amusement Park Possible? I Say Yes. My family loves amusement parks. We have already ventured to Hershey Park, a family favorite, and have a fun-filled adventure to Disney World planned later this year. Taking kids, especially picky-eaters, to an amusement park for entire days can be difficult. As a registered […]
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Five Tips for Managing Your Prescription Drug Costs
Posted: July 12, 2016
The growing cost of prescription drugs can be a painful blow for any pocket book to bear. Reuters recently found that four of the nation’s top 10 drugs’ costs increased more than 100 percent since 2011 and the six others went up more than 50 percent. While the attention this sharp increase has drawn from industry players […]
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Compliance Reminders for the Fall
Posted: July 7, 2016
I hope that everyone had a very safe and memorable celebration of Independence Day this year. It is hard to believe that it has been forty years since we celebrated the Bicentennial. As we get back to work and begin to focus our thoughts on the tasks ahead for this fall, here are a couple […]
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Fun and Frivolous Friday – Fun Facts for the Fourth
Posted: July 1, 2016
Happy 2nd of July!? Author Kenneth C. Davis has revealed that the 2nd of July may actually be the more appropriate date to mark the nation’s special day. “The fact is that John Adams wrote home to Abigail on the 3rd that this day, July 2nd will go down in history,” Davis said during an appearance […]
