Small Business Applications Review: Geckoboard

January 24, 2012

Geckoboard.com is a new web-based service I recently discovered. They offer a fancy looking, customizable dashboard so employees can quickly review important, real-time business related metrics such as analytics, CRM, support, sales, and more all in one place. The dashboard display is sleek, yet flexible and is designed to function on everything from a smart phone to large screen monitors. Read the rest of this entry »


Employment Practices Liability

November 30, 2011

Stringent record keeping is probably a company’s best defense against claims made by employees for payroll violations and allegations such as discrimination (age, sex, race, disability) and wrongful termination.

Cases against employers are on the rise in this country and it’s just not wise to assume that “it will never happen to me”. From time to time tenured employees turn on employers. Sometimes brand new employees quit and file complaints. And sometimes even potential employees file discrimination charges.

Keeping time records and human resources records can help protect employers in these cases.

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