Human Capital
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CPA Career Advice
I am currently graduating with a bachelor’s in accounting and I am going to get an MS in accounting next year. I have a job lined up in tax at a Big 4 accounting firm in NYC when I graduate. I am considering going back for my MBA while I am working in public accounting. Can anyone with experience i…
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CA: Commission-Only employee required in office 40hrs/week?
Hello and thank you in advance for helping me! I am a commission-only sales person working in California. I am required to work out of the office 40 hours per week unless I am meeting with a client. Is that requirement legal since I am comission-only and am not earning any wages from my Employer? T…
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CFO Job Market - The CFO Candidate Pool Is Shrinking
Which may be good news for those of us looking for our new home. This according to an article on CFO.com. John Touey writes "The problem is this: The gaps between organizational levels have widened to the point where it’s difficult for many companies to promote finance professionals into the most s…
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CFO Career Path: How can I set myself apart from my competition?
My company might be getting acquired and if that happens, the acquirers won't need another CFO. How can I set myself apart from my CFO competition if I get back into the job hunt? I have great experience, but I know dozens of smart CFOs who, although different than me, also have great experience. W…
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Calculating Prevailing Wages Best Practices
I work for a company that does asset maintenance with Public Water Hydrants and Valves. We are not a construction company but rather an asset management company for the public sector such as Water Hydrants, Valves for the public utilities. In order to pay prevailing wages, I need to classify this i…
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What do I major in and what emphasis makes the best money?
I recently got my GED so I have to start at a tech school in libral arts to transfer to the university but I don't know what to major in and what emphases I should be concentrating on so I know what classes I should take. I have 4 boys, one of which has kidney disease so Im trying to figure out wha…
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Bonus Benchmarks
In general, 1) What is the bonus % payout per employee and per executive (will most likely differ) compared to his/her regular pay on an annual basis? 2) What is the Payroll Expense % of the Total G&A Expense? 3) For small companies (nearing $50m/yr in sales), what is the CEO's compensation amo…
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What are some good interview questions for a professional administrative person?
I'm looking to hire a professional administrative person. What are a few good administrative assistant interview questions?
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accounting for independent contractor fees & commissions
My company pays people in retail stores to push my product. We pay them a fee for this, how do I show this in my books - is this a selling expense or under contract salaries?
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Organizational Structure
I've asked this question before in LinkedIn, and always receive interesting results probably about a 50/50 split. I am curious though to ask a bunch of finance professionals their opinion. Currently my direct reports include Accounting Assistant, Human Resource Coordinator (HRC) and the Inventory a…
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Letting someone go for poor performance. How should I document?
We are about to let an employee go for plain old poor performance. How should we document this and do we need to do anything in particular on their way out? Are there docs we need them to sign? etc? We are considering giving them health benefits for an extra month so I suppose a severance agreement…
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Self-insured health insurance
We are considering our health insurance options, with self-insurance being one of them. What experiences have you had with self-insured health care plans, and what are some of the pros and cons? What are the pitfalls to be wary of? Benefits?
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I'm intrigued by the "try the first course free" offer for professional training courses.
I'm intrigued by the "try the first course free" offer. If I take advantage of this, am I obligated to take additional courses?
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NY State has modified the Unemployment Laws
It is now prohibited in NYS NOT to answer requests from the DOL concerning unemployment questions of a former worker. "Most notably, the change in the law prevents employers from ignoring unemployment insurance notices as part of an agreement with a former employee to not contest unemployment." But…
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Counseling a tenured staff member?
This question comes with some embarassment. I inherited a cash receipts staff member who lacks keying skills. She uses ONE finger to do any work with numbers. While we are moving to a lockbox system, I will still need a staff person dedicated to applying payments in a non-integrated system. I have …
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Company pays employess accrued vacation upon separation, changes to use it or loose it.
For many years company has clear policy of paying accrued vacation in cash when an employee leaves. January 2014 regardless of reason for departure an employee leaving will cash out all accrued and unused vacation. January 15 company announces a new vacation plan goes into effect. New plan is a "us…
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Salary disclosures and the hiring process
What are your feelings about: a) Providing your salary for prior positions? and b) presenting up front before speaking with the potential employer your salary expectations?
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Proformative CPE
Has anybody renewed their CPA license with California Board of Accountancy by taking Proformative CPE? Per California board's website, there are some very specific requirements for the provider to qualify as acceptable CE. http://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/cont_educ/provgencourse.shtml Thanks.
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What percentage of your time is spent externally and what percent internally
Since the CFO is often dealing with banks and the investment community, I wonder what percentage of time is typically devoted to these activities, versus time spent in the office working with finance executive staff, for example.
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Self Insured Healthcare
The word on the street is that companies will face in excess of 20% increases in health care over the next two years. This has started a look into alternate health care options. When I worked for a school district several years ago we were self funded. This options has returned as something to chec…
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Medical premiums now quoted at the individual subscriber level - personalize premiums or average for category?
Under the new healthcare structure, small groups are quoted medical insurance premiums down to the subscriber unit, taking into the specifics of the covered parties: age, sex, and composition of family. In the past, employees were contributing towards a firmwide uniform premium for single, employee…
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Does your company reward an employee for referring someone who is hired?
If so, what kind of reward and what are the rules? Does the new employee have to stay on for so many months before the referral reward is given? Any employee referral bonus program guidelines appreciated.
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What has been your experience with cutting or managing overtime, i.e. process impact and productivity impact?
As financial professionals we have all had to cut expenses. Clearly the largest targets of reduction are the largest expenses - people and technology. What experience have you had with reducing overtime costs? This question does not relate to cutting people, just non-budgeted hours. If you had thi…
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Compliance software - Annual sign off on Code of Conduct
We are strengthening our HR controls and want to institute annual re-certification by all employees to our Code of Conduct. Does anyone know of any hr compliance software that can do this?
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We are looking to bring on a sales broker (to work as a insurance sales person) for commission only. That is, if it is legal to hire someone for only sales percentage. Is there any issue with that? FL
The job is for an independent insurance agency. If we have to pay anything else (like any benefit) besides the commission, please let me know.
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