Developing a succession plan is vital for family businesses
A recent family business survey conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Family Business Alliance indicates that only 15% of the family businesses have developed and documented anything appearing to be a succession plan. This is troubling because succession of ownership and leadership is a critical issue for the long-term success of a business.
N.C. restaurant owners score win in battle with insurer over COVID
(Deposit photos) An insurance company must honor its business interruption coverage for 16 North Carolina restaurants that closed on the orders of the state due to COVID-19 because the restaurants [...]
Work-from-home scenarios create a new level of cybersecurity risk
Now that many employees are out of the office and working from home cybersecurity takes on a new dimension with a workforce environment never before imagined.
How to combat ‘Zoom fatigue’
Indeed, “Zoom fatigue” seems to be a workplace buzzword this year at a time when researchers estimate that the number of people who attended meetings via Zoom skyrocketed from 10 million at the end of 2019 to 300 million in April of this year.
Anticipating COVID vaccine, employers ponder best course
With several U.S. pharmaceutical companies now conducting large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trials, employment lawyers are beginning to field queries from their corporate clients on whether their employees should be required to take the vaccine once it becomes available.
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