Let’s Clear the Air — Flatulence in the Workplace
The Smoking Gun reported on a Social Security Administration ("SSA") worker in Baltimore who was reprimanded for passing gas in his cubicle. Apparently this is [...]
The Perils of PEO’s and Similar Organizations
Frank Huljev of Palm Medical Group sent me an interesting article on the health and safety risks of using a contingent workforce to perform dangerous [...]
Suitable Seating — Another Stupid California Law
Did you know that the California wage orders contains a provision entitled "Seats"? Have you ever bothered to read it? Whether or not you have, [...]
2012 Tax Relief Act Hammers Certain Trusts
Like many of the provisions of the 2012 Tax Relief Act that flew under the media radar, one aspect is particularly troubling.To the casual observer, [...]
2013 Tax Surprise–Everyone Pays More
While the media focused myopically on the impending changes in tax rates as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations, scant attention was given to the [...]
Is the New $450,000 Threshold of “Increased” Taxes Political Fiction?
From the Wall Street Journal, Under the new law, some of the steepest tax increases may fall on upper-middle class earners with incomes just above [...]