Salary History Bans and the Washington State EPOA
Effective on July 28, 2019, employers in Washington State are prohibited from collecting or seeking the wage or salary history of an applicant for employment. Salary History Bans Salary history bans are becoming increasingly common and are now in place in some form...
Seeking Reactive Legal Counsel Won’t Solve Your Business Problems
At an event recently, someone said, “I hope I’ll never need it, but I’ll take your card.” While I never take these comments personally, it’s always a little disheartening to hear that many intelligent, thoughtful business leaders still have an antiquated view of the...
4 Steps to Optimize Your Company’s Contract Management System
Contract management is at the heart of effectively building relationships with partners; ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal laws; anticipating and eliminating potential deal delays; and increasing profitability. Not surprisingly, the importance of...
Data Privacy Compliance as a Microsoft Supplier
There is no doubt that data privacy is a hot topic in boardrooms and courtrooms across the U.S. and globally. With the privacy landscape evolving quickly and heavily publicized breaches, many businesses now see that the collection and processing of personal data are...
June FOCUS Event: Are Your Contracts Losing You Money?
When businesses are caught up in the busy day-to-day of bringing sales in the door and getting client work performed, the specifics of contracts and agreements can get lost by the wayside. However, paying greater attention to the processing of contracts, as well as...
How to Protect Your Staffing Agency From Illegal Job Posting Mistakes
Some of you may have come across the recent LinkedIn posts calling out a Virginia based recruiting firm called Cynet Systems for job postings that included “Caucasians preferred” and “female candidate only”. And your first reaction was probably something like “This...
A Small Business Plan for Profit Improvement
This article was written by David Lightfoot of David Lightfoot CFO, LLC. The first step toward successfully evaluating your company's financial health is with timely and accurate financial statements. But what if you’re getting accurate financial statements on a...
How Your Business Benefits From a General Counsel
When you’re in the C-suite, it feels like asking for help comes at a cost. Even with a team of professionals — attorney, CPA, financial advisor — that you trust, getting someone up to speed takes time. And as soon as you pick up the phone, the clock starts ticking on...
Washington State is Making Big Changes to Non-compete Laws
Update: Governor Inslee signed this legislation on May 9, 2019, making it law. Changes will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Washington’s State’s Governor Jay Inslee is very likely to sign a new bill regulating non-competition agreements. The new law places...
If Cash is King, What is Profit?
We all know that ‘cash is king’ but as business owners, it seems that we really should be focused on profit, right? Profit is what we get to reinvest back into growing our businesses or, better yet, take home. Last week, I attended the Profit Mastery program, which...