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Robert Beach spoke today (Monday, July 31) at a workshop hosted by First Security Bank. The seminar titled "The Life of a Bond" featured speakers from a variety of sectors including finance, education and legal.

Wednesday (July 26, 2017) the Trump Department of Justice filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court, taking the position that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not offer protection based on an employee’s sexual orientation. In a case now before the United States Supreme Court, NLRB v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., the Trump DOJ has filed a brief with the court reversing its support of the NLRB, and arguing that such arbitration agreements do not violate employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

The status and ultimate fate of the Department of Labor’s proposed new rules on the white-collar overtime exemptions has been the source of much discussion. Recent events have shed some light on what employers might expect going forward.

Dan Herrington presented recently to two groups regarding I9 compliance and audits. He presented to the Arkansas Public Employers HR Association on Friday, July 20 and to the West Central Arkansas HR Association in Hot Springs Tuesday, July 25.

You do not want the business you have worked so hard to build to implode because of your death. That is why succession planning is so important. For business owners, succession planning may be as important as tax planning.

While the Federal Government has many contracted auditors to assist in identifying overpayments to health care providers, by far the most dangerous of these auditors, from the health care provider’s perspective, is the ZPIC. 

This week the annual Arkansas Governmental Finance Officers Association (AGFOA) conference was held in Springdale, Ark. The three-day event included professional training, mentoring, idea exchanges and social networking for state and local finance officers.