June 03, 2024 This often-hidden aspect of employment contracts costs U.S. employees $300 billion a year Many people are only vaguely aware these clauses exist, or assume that they are only used in highly lucrative, competitive, or secretive industries. BY Kathleen Davis When you accepted your job, you may have not read the fine print of … Continue reading This often-hidden aspect of employment contracts costs U.S. employees $300 billion a year
May 08, 2024 This new ‘decarceration index’ ranks companies that avoid prison contracts and hire formerly incarcerated workers FreeCap Financial worked with investment index company BITA to create FreeIn, which ranks companies committed to fair hiring practices, among other efforts. BY Ellie Stevens For the past decade, large institutions and even cities have been eliminating their … Continue reading This new ‘decarceration index’ ranks companies that avoid prison contracts and hire formerly incarcerated workers
Search Ad Spend Contracts Among Big Agencies by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, November 9, 2022 The digital ad industry could be on the cusp of a major transition with the decline of traditional search advertising, trapped in the headwinds of a significant increase in retail search, according to data. The behavior of searching for a product … Continue reading Search Ad Spend Contracts Among Big Agencies
By Aytekin Tank May 16, 2022 In the world of business, everyone loves a contract. What’s not to love? They make you feel warm and fuzzy. A contract implies commitment, negotiation, and agreements to mitigate risk—all good things. After signing a contract, both sides feel confident that they can start from a place of … Continue reading Instead of binding contracts, focus on this workplace touchstone for connected team
Stefan Palios January 13, 2021 As we jump into the new year – and more people jump into freelancing – there are a lot of questions. One big one: should freelancers charge late fees? I’ve been freelancing for half a decade now, and have struggled with this question from day one. In this article, I’m … Continue reading Why All Freelancers Should Charge Late Fees In Their Contracts
David Parks January 8, 2021 In one of my earlier blogs, I discussed how you should make the case for modern contract management. Hopefully, those arguments were so compelling that you now have the budget and staff you need to take over the world. If that seems slightly out of reach, I hope you at … Continue reading Kick the Year Off Right by Identifying, Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Your Contracts
David Parks October 27, 2020 Halloween is here and that means pumpkins and costumes, candy and bonfires. While trick or treating may look very different in a world with COVID-19, this is still the time of year when we delight in hearing ghoulish myths and horror stories. Fictional horror stories, that is. The real-life horror … Continue reading Avoid the Scariest Ways to Manage Contracts This Halloween
Navneet Kaushal August 31, 2020 The past few months have been tough for most businesses on a global scale because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most businesses reacted by scaling down on their digital marketing efforts in a bid to break even as sales were generally going down. Economies are now slowly recovering, and it is … Continue reading How SEO Agencies Can Unlock Contracts and an SEO Checklist As We Embrace the New Normal
Serenity Gibbons — November 21, 2017 — November 21, 2017 StarFlames/Pixabay As an entrepreneur, there are dozens, if not hundreds of individual skills you’ll need to master. You’ll need to perfect the art of time management. And, you’ll need to make decisions on an almost constantly revolving basis. Also, your communication skills need to be … Continue reading How to Negotiate Contracts, Terms, and Payments in Your First Business
Devon Smiley — March 18, 2017 Follow @devonmsmiley— March 18, 2017 We’ve all seen them – and we’ve all been asked to sign them. Contracts that are apparently written in English, and yet we can’t understand any of it. Whereas. Heretofore. Aforementioned. Nothwithstanding. What does it all mean? What are my obligations? How does this … Continue reading Bring Your Business Clarity With Plain English Contracts
