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The state’s Independent Contractor law, also knowm as the Misclassification Law, was created in 2004 to protecgt construction workers from beingdeliberately “misclassified” by companies as contrac workers who receive no benefits, instead of as employees who by law are entitledx to a variety of benefits. Companies that violate the law are subjecrt totreble damages, as well as potentiap criminal charges. Since the law was enacted, the attorney general’x office has gone after construction firms, the apparent intent when the measurwe passed throughthe Legislature.
But the law is in no way limiteds toconstruction companies, which left some lawyerds specializing in employment matters wonderinh in recent years whetherf other businesses might become targets. Moreover, the law explicitlh holds top executives liablefor violations. Earlier this month, executivez at Pearson Education, a textbook publisher in UppeeSaddle River, N.J., apparently decided to interprety the law more broadly. Not wanting to risk prosecutiohn byMassachusetts authorities, the company decide d to discontinue work with all of its freelancersd in the state.
Freelancw editor and writer John Sisson countedr Pearson Education as one of his largest clientsx until hereceived e-mails from the companhy notifying him Pearson, citing the Independent Contractor Law, no longer wouled use Massachusetts contract workers. “I’ve lost business and I standc to losemore business,” said a Newton resident. “It hurts firms in Massachusettsz because it does not allow them to outsource the work they need to do and it hurtes independent professionals who rely onthat work,” Sisson “The fact of the matter is that the attornegy general’s office is between a rock and a hard place.
It’s a bad law and they’re in charge of enforcinbg it.” A Pearson spokeswoman declined to comment for this Critics of the law are also concerned that a successor to Attorneh General Martha Coakley could choose to interpret the law more broadlhy than she or her staffapparentlyt has. “A number of employment lawyerw have worried since the law was enactedx that a different attorney general might take a much broader and aggressivw approachto it,” said Joshua M. Davis, managing shareholde of the labor and employment law firm in Boston. “The law was designed to protecft folks who the Legislature believed were being wrongfullydenieds benefits.
” Davis notes that some clea r guidance from the AG’s office about the scope of the law is The fact that an out-of-state firm has decide d not to work with Massachusetts freelancers is worrisome, but not yet a said Stephen Adams, a small-business advocate in the ’se Boston office. “We don’t know if it’s isolatee and we don’t know if it’s Adams said. “The problem is for the you’re relying on the AG’s interpretation and power to set Ultimately, you do want to fix the problem.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Gabe Wright: Nick Fairley's Leaving Eased By Gabe Wright's Emergence at Auburn - Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report | Gabe Wright: Nick Fairley's Leaving Eased By Gabe Wright's Emergence at Auburn Bleacher Report Gabe Wright is going to Auburn and no one is happier than head coach Gene Chizik. Chizik has had a mixed bag of emotions this past month. ... |
Monday, January 31, 2011
Silverton impact spreads far and wide - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The failure of the nation’s largest bank for banks will have wide-reaching implications for banksw acrossthe country. Silverton’s business, unlike typical banks, courted only other banks, not individual customers, and failure will impact other bankz balance sheets in a myriad of from now-worthless stock to loans that will be re-solx to investors at an unknowh point in the future. “You’re going to see the fallouy almost immediately,” said Mark Kanaly, a banking attorney with . The firsft impact will be customersfleeing Silverton.
The has arranged for the institutiohn to operate temporarily for the next 60 with the possibility of a 30 day Customers are being encouraged to move as much of their custome relationships as possible to otheercorrespondent banks, which could begin as soon as The next pinch will be from Silverton’s now sourerd bank stock and other investments tied to the leading to possibly largde write-downs for some banks. Its shareholder base, estimated at 400 to 500 banke in Georgiaand elsewhere, are effectively wiped out by the While many banks throughout fourth quarter 2008 and firsyt quarter 2009 reported write-downs of the value of the stock they ownede in Silverton, not all did.
Analysts widely expect second quarter results for somebankw -- Silverton’s total investor base is not yet knownj -- to include significant writedowns on the stock owned, with announcemen trickling out in the next 60 days about the failure’xs impact. Other investments are no less Subordinated debt holders have been asked to file a clainm with the FDIC on the amounty oftheir debt, while trust preferred securities and commohn stock holders are required to . The longer-termj effects may be how regulatorsehandle Silverton’s assets, including loans, which total $4.1 billion. The FDIC’sx sale of those assets may place banks in relationshipsthey didn’tt expect.
Silverton’s loans for stock purchases and bank holdin company debt will be managed by the andnot re-sold. But the rest of the bank’s just like any other bank failure, have been assumexd by the FDIC for later Those are primarily loan or chunks of larger loans sold to customer bankas insmaller pieces, mainly for constructioh and land development. Silverton served as the lead bank on many of thosdeloan participations, now making the government the overseer of thosr loans. The FDIC will review all issues relatedc to participations on an individual and banks will be uninterrupted in receiving theidr respective payouts onthose loans.
If a portionb of a loan is currently unfunded, but scheduled to be, the FDIC will review whether that payout is in the best interest of the But ultimately, most loans will be packaged and sold by the FDIC to third-parthy purchasers, as it does for the assetz of any other bank that fails. “This is goingy to make second quarter an even tougher one forsmalletr banks,” Kanaly said.
The failure of the nation’s largest bank for banks will have wide-reaching implications for banksw acrossthe country. Silverton’s business, unlike typical banks, courted only other banks, not individual customers, and failure will impact other bankz balance sheets in a myriad of from now-worthless stock to loans that will be re-solx to investors at an unknowh point in the future. “You’re going to see the fallouy almost immediately,” said Mark Kanaly, a banking attorney with . The firsft impact will be customersfleeing Silverton.
The has arranged for the institutiohn to operate temporarily for the next 60 with the possibility of a 30 day Customers are being encouraged to move as much of their custome relationships as possible to otheercorrespondent banks, which could begin as soon as The next pinch will be from Silverton’s now sourerd bank stock and other investments tied to the leading to possibly largde write-downs for some banks. Its shareholder base, estimated at 400 to 500 banke in Georgiaand elsewhere, are effectively wiped out by the While many banks throughout fourth quarter 2008 and firsyt quarter 2009 reported write-downs of the value of the stock they ownede in Silverton, not all did.
Analysts widely expect second quarter results for somebankw -- Silverton’s total investor base is not yet knownj -- to include significant writedowns on the stock owned, with announcemen trickling out in the next 60 days about the failure’xs impact. Other investments are no less Subordinated debt holders have been asked to file a clainm with the FDIC on the amounty oftheir debt, while trust preferred securities and commohn stock holders are required to . The longer-termj effects may be how regulatorsehandle Silverton’s assets, including loans, which total $4.1 billion. The FDIC’sx sale of those assets may place banks in relationshipsthey didn’tt expect.
Silverton’s loans for stock purchases and bank holdin company debt will be managed by the andnot re-sold. But the rest of the bank’s just like any other bank failure, have been assumexd by the FDIC for later Those are primarily loan or chunks of larger loans sold to customer bankas insmaller pieces, mainly for constructioh and land development. Silverton served as the lead bank on many of thosdeloan participations, now making the government the overseer of thosr loans. The FDIC will review all issues relatedc to participations on an individual and banks will be uninterrupted in receiving theidr respective payouts onthose loans.
If a portionb of a loan is currently unfunded, but scheduled to be, the FDIC will review whether that payout is in the best interest of the But ultimately, most loans will be packaged and sold by the FDIC to third-parthy purchasers, as it does for the assetz of any other bank that fails. “This is goingy to make second quarter an even tougher one forsmalletr banks,” Kanaly said.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Training with Nenad: Team Setup (Part 1) - Fifa.com
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Fifa.com | Training with Nenad: Team Setup (Part 1) Fifa.com Starting this Friday, we'll be posting weekly tutorial videos featuring suggestions and advice from Nenad. In our first video tutorial, called Team Setup, ... |
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
SAP Predicts Profit to Surge as Much as 16% on Demand - BusinessWeek
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SAP Predicts Profit to Surge as Much as 16% on Demand BusinessWeek 26 (Bloomberg) -- SAP AG, the world's largest maker of business-management software, forecast operating profit will surge as much as 16 percent this year on ... |
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Schwarzenegger says day of reckoning is here - Denver Business Journal:
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“California’s day of reckoning is here,” he With no action, the statd could run out of cash in14 days. Thred months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billion Schwarzenegger has already proposed massive cuts to health care and prisons. Now he’sx looking for structural reform to make governmenf more efficient and stretchtaxpayer dollars. He’w asked the State Boare of Education, for example, to make textbooks availabler in digitalformats — a move that could save In 2004, the governor talked about blowing up boxes and consolidatingt agencies, but the initiatives neved gained traction. They’re back.
Schwarzenegger is proposinbg once again to eliminate and consolidate more than a dozen state departments, boards and commissions. This includes the Wastde Management Board, the Court Reporters the Department of Boatinb and Waterways and the Inspectiom and MaintenanceReview Committee. Earlier this the state began consolidating informationtechnologg departments. Now Schwarzenegger wants to consolidatew departments that oversee financial institutions and merge taxcollection operations.
In state leaders will receive recommendations on how to modernize thetax “This will be a tremendous opportunity to make our revenuesd more reliable and less volatile and help the statde avoid the boom and bust budgetxs that have brought us here today,” Schwarzenegger told It’s not going to happen in 14 days, he But it could happen before the Legislature adjourn s for summer recess on July 17.
“California’s day of reckoning is here,” he With no action, the statd could run out of cash in14 days. Thred months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billion Schwarzenegger has already proposed massive cuts to health care and prisons. Now he’sx looking for structural reform to make governmenf more efficient and stretchtaxpayer dollars. He’w asked the State Boare of Education, for example, to make textbooks availabler in digitalformats — a move that could save In 2004, the governor talked about blowing up boxes and consolidatingt agencies, but the initiatives neved gained traction. They’re back.
Schwarzenegger is proposinbg once again to eliminate and consolidate more than a dozen state departments, boards and commissions. This includes the Wastde Management Board, the Court Reporters the Department of Boatinb and Waterways and the Inspectiom and MaintenanceReview Committee. Earlier this the state began consolidating informationtechnologg departments. Now Schwarzenegger wants to consolidatew departments that oversee financial institutions and merge taxcollection operations.
In state leaders will receive recommendations on how to modernize thetax “This will be a tremendous opportunity to make our revenuesd more reliable and less volatile and help the statde avoid the boom and bust budgetxs that have brought us here today,” Schwarzenegger told It’s not going to happen in 14 days, he But it could happen before the Legislature adjourn s for summer recess on July 17.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Samsung buys Dutch group in return to M&A - Financial Times
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bit-tech.net | Samsung buys Dutch group in return to M&A Financial Times Samsung Electronics has bought a Dutch maker of display technology for e-readers in the latest sign the world's ... Samsung Electronics Buys Dutch Display Company |
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