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Not so fast: 7 tips for recovering money from departing employees
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementDeparting employees can end up owing their employer money for a variety of reasons. A few examples include overpayments by the employer, outstanding loans or pay advances, advances on vacations or other paid leaves, cash shortages, damaged property or equipment, failure to return property or clothing, tuition or educational expenses advanced by the employer, etc.
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Take the time to close the communication loop
Lloyd Princeton Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIf you start something, finish it. That seems like one of those primal, "everything I needed to know I learned in kindergarten," common-sense rules that every professional should know and follow. Not so these days. From what I am seeing in my firm, people today are too preoccupied with getting going on the next thing to finish what they started in the first place.
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Negotiating commercial leases: Size up your opponent
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailFor many commercial tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While an entrepreneur focuses on marketing and managing, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized salespeople. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate.
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Are meal kits the future of food or an overcooked industry?
Sabrina Fracassi Food & BeverageThe "meal kit" embodies the entire essence of the North American lifestyle. Blame it on a growing workforce, a work ethic that requires longer hours or social media — somehow social media is always to blame these days — but the average person is busier than ever.
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3 reasons your company should be using IoT
Delany Martinez Distribution & WarehousingThe internet of things (IoT) is still a relatively new concept for some businesses — especially companies long used to doing things the "old fashioned" way, via paper and face-to-face communication. Their products may be unrelated to technology, and therefore unlikely to demand the level of digital understanding that makes IoT onboarding easier for their tech-infused counterparts.
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When a new hire quits before starting, it’s not all bad
Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementYou've carefully interviewed all the candidates, finally deciding on the one applicant who seemed to have all the attributes you required: maturity, dependability, social skills, customer service expertise and an internal motivation to learn and excel. So what do you do when that new hire quits minutes before the start of her first shift on the job?
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Campaigners return to put supermarkets under their frosty glare
Andrew Gaved Waste Management & EnvironmentalThe Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has been, depending on your viewpoint, the conscience of the European retail refrigeration industry or a thorn in its side for the better part of a decade now. The EIA makes no pretense of the fact that it doesn’t think that HFCs represent environmentally responsible refrigeration, and that HFOs aren’t really much better. In the EIA’s world, natural refrigerants are the cooling agents that every supermarket should strive for.
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More no-tipping restaurants? Survey reveals new insights
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementTipping in restaurants has always been the norm in the U.S. It was not until recently that more restaurants adopted a no-tipping policy. Will there be even more no-tipping restaurants in the future? The 2017 American Express Restaurant Trade Survey may give us some clues. Every year, American Express surveys about 500 restaurateurs and 1,000 restaurant consumers, aiming to reveal the facts and highlight the emerging trends in the industry.
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Conquering the last mile: Walmart, Amazon embrace the unusual
Delany Martinez Distribution & WarehousingOne of the largest problems stumping efficiency and profitability experts is arguably the most difficult: getting goods through the gauntlet of the "last mile" — the final leg of a product's transportation journey before it lands with the customer.
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Raising the minimum wage: Where do small business owners stand?
Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThink all small business owners oppose raising the federal minimum wage of $7.25 in place since 2009? Well, think again. According to a recent poll of more than 700 respondents conducted by BuyBizSell, 47 percent of small business owners favor raising the minimum wage, while 58 percent of prospective small business buyers support a hike.
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