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Top Tech Entry Jobs are Data Analysts and Software Engineers
The finding adds role-level detail to a broader debate about whether the tech labor market is improving for early-career workers.
March 27, 2014
SF Mayor Ed Lee: Goodbye Payroll Tax
Live at 2013 LAUNCH Festival, Kym McNicholas talks to Mayor Ed Lee about how to attract and maintain start-ups in San Francisco and California.
March 27, 2014
Which States Have the Highest Personal Income Growth?
Average personal income in the United States grew by 2.6 percent in 2013, which is mixed news since that reflects a slowing of income growth from 4.2 percent in 2012. All 50 states and the District of Columbia realized gains in average personal income during the year, according to data from the Bureau of Economic…
March 26, 2014
Central California Sees Federal Grants as Key to Job Growth
San Joaquin county officials on Tuesday signed off on an "aggressive" economic development strategy, a necessary step to position the inland and mostly agricultural county's agencies to receive millions of federal grants meant to help spur job growth.
March 26, 2014
Payroll Services Firm Recognized for Ethics
Paychex has been recognized by The Ethisphere Institute, an independent center of research promoting best practices in corporate ethics and governance, as a 2014 World’s Most Ethical Company.
March 26, 2014
Treasury Offers Quick Fix on Another Obamacare Glitch
The government seems to have worked out most of the kinks in www.healthcare.gov, the online site used to sign up for Obamacare. But it has yet to address another glitch that surfaced almost two years ago: Language in the law that prevents married taxpayers who file separate tax returns from qualifying for special tax subsidies.
March 26, 2014
Unions Unhappy with Maine Plan to Attract Business
A component of Governor Paul LePage's plan to attract manufacturers to Maine would violate federal law, labor unions told lawmakers Monday.
March 26, 2014
Supreme Court: Severance Payments are Taxable Wages for FICA Purposes
The Court ruled that severance packages and payments that are given to involuntarily laid-off workers are taxable not only as individual income, but also with regard to FICA employment taxes. It was a unanimous 8-0 ruling, with Justice Elena Kagan recusing herself from the case. Oral arguments were heard by the court last October.
March 24, 2014
Should Accounting Firms Sell Health Insurance?
When it first became clear that tax preparers – including CPAs – would have to be the front line in implementation of the Affordable Care Act, I voiced a lot of concerns. I doubted it would be possible for accounting professionals to serve as both trusted advisors and health insurance sales people.
March 24, 2014
California Unemployment Drops on Job Gains
With the job market continuing to strengthen, unemployment fell to its lowest level in 51/2years in California last month. But for many government workers, who make up an oversized portion of Sacramento's economy, it still feels a lot like the economic recovery has barely begun.
March 23, 2014
Mass Transit Ridership at Highest Level Since 1956
Record ridership seen in Michigan, Ohio, Colorado, Florida, Los Angeles, Utah and New York.
March 20, 2014
ADP Mobile Solutions App Available on Amazon AppStore
With built-in security and convenience, the ADP Mobile Solutions app gives employees who work for an employer that is an ADP client all the tools needed to access their HR information.
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…