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 Connecticut Lawmakers Consider New Wages for Home Healthcare Workers

March 20, 2014 

Connecticut Lawmakers Consider New Wages for Home Healthcare Workers

Live-in nannies, maids and aides that help the elderly and disabled with meals, housework, bathing and dressing are not currently guaranteed the minimum wage. As a practical matter, the local market for the aides who visit for part of the day does pay at least minimum wage, but those who are staying 24 hours are…

 N.Y. Town Clerk Accused of Embezzling $117K

March 20, 2014 

N.Y. Town Clerk Accused of Embezzling $117K

New York state police, based on information developed by a state comptroller's audit, have arrested a former clerk/treasurer of the now-dissolved village of Altmar, Oswego County, and charged her with embezzling $117,615 in village funds.

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March 20, 2014 

SurePayroll Mobile App

SurePayroll's Mobile Payroll app is the only app of its kind, offering access to live processing, data entry, reporting and employee management.

 San Franciscans Want $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

March 17, 2014 

San Franciscans Want $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

Raising San Francisco's minimum wage to a nation-topping $15 an hour has broad support in a new poll obtained by The Chronicle -- a strong sign that voters will have a chance to weigh in on the city's widening wealth disparity gap in November.

 A Conservative Fix for ObamaCare

March 13, 2014 

A Conservative Fix for ObamaCare

Every American citizen should have access to affordable, quality health care. Most of us would agree on the principle; it is the implementation that has everyone befuddled. It’s not just that the implementation of the ACA has been marked by cronyism, bad decisions, failures, fraud, political floundering, lies and stealth taxes. It is that the…

 A Conservative Fix for ObamaCare

March 13, 2014 

A Conservative Fix for ObamaCare

Every American citizen should have access to affordable, quality health care. Most of us would agree on the principle; it is the implementation that has everyone befuddled. It’s not just that the implementation of the ACA has been marked by cronyism, bad decisions, failures, fraud, political floundering, lies and stealth taxes. It is that the…

Dave McClure

 175,000 Jobs Added in February

March 13, 2014 

175,000 Jobs Added in February

Economists liked the U.S. Labor Department's most recent report on the nation's job situation, cheered by news that payrolls expanded by 175,000 in February and unfazed by a slight rise in the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent, from 6.6 percent.

 GASB Offers New Toolkit for Pension Accounting Standards

March 11, 2014 

GASB Offers New Toolkit for Pension Accounting Standards

A new online pension implementation toolkit was released today by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The toolkit is designed to help preparers, auditors, and users of state and local government financial reports understand and apply the revised pension accounting and financial reporting standards that the GASB approved in June 2012. The toolkit is available…

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March 10, 2014 

IRS Offers 7 Tax Tips on Health Care Credit

The Obama administration is relying on various federal agencies and organizations to help implement the complex rules under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the comprehensive health care legislation otherwise known as “Obamacare.” Naturally, the IRS is expected to play a major role, including enforcement of the penalties for failing to obtain minimum…

Ken Berry, JD