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Surviving an Economic Downturn: Creative Alternatives to Layoffs
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| It seems that you can't escape the headlines these days about the gloomy economic news. In every media outlet, we read or hear about stock market losses, real estate slowdowns, job losses, bankruptcies and bailouts. These are clearly challenging economic times.
One key question for your business is how do you handle the economic slowdown when it comes to your staffing levels? Should you institute a hiring freeze? Can you take advantage of layoffs at your competitors by snatching up strong performers that they've been forced to downsize? Or do you need to layoff employees yourself?
In this article, we look at some of the options facing small- and medium-sized businesses when determining how to handle their human resources needs during an economic slowdown.
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Why Are You In Business
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COPYRIGHT LAW INDIA
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| Copyright law provides for protection of original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, cinematographic, photographic and sound recording works. Copyright protects the expression of ideas in a tangible form. Protection starts as soon as an idea is expressed on a tangible form. Tangible form includes anything that can be touched and perceived. Expression on electronic media is considered to be a tangible form of expression. |
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Websites, domains and UK tax
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| UK tax and accounting rules are very sketchy in the area of domain names and website costs. This article gives you insight into how to get the tax deduction for your costs. |
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Total Cost of Ownership TCO of IT
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| Business owners too often don't factor in the total true costs of IT assets. Indirect, or "hidden", costs (lost productivity) are frequently higher than the more obvious direct costs (hardware, software and support). Detailed TCO calculations aren't practical for small businesses, but it's feasible and, we'd argue, critical, to understand and apply the general concepts of TCO.
This topic is the first in our 2009 whitepaper series: "Making every IT dollar count!" The full whitepapers are available on our website. |
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Get Well And Stay Well – Maintain An Alkaline Body pH
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| How would you like to learn about some little known, critical wellness information that will help you and your staff members better gain and maintain a productive and competitive edge in the workplace? Read on and see how this wellness information will help you and your staff members reduce the costs and negative impacts of absenteeism, medical costs and health insurance premium costs. |
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Seven Steps To Downsizing
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| If you're like other companies that are scrambling to stay afloat in this economy, you might be considering downsizing. Letting someone go is always a difficult decision, so make sure you are acting rationally and intelligently when you're forced to downsize. Layoffs create risks for businesses. Employees may view a lawsuit as a way to minimize the impact on their personal finances. The savings you'll generate on your payroll and benefits costs may be negated by legal costs. Follow these guidelines to make sound decisions and avoid the costs of litigation. |
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The Eyes Have It ...See How To Avoid the Pitfalls of Starting a Work From Home Business
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| There are thousands of business opportunities online and if you are trying to find your way through the plethora of offers you will need to use your eyes wisely to sift out what is genuine and what is fake. Every genuine business opportunity, be it a traditional brick and mortar business, or a work from home online business will have some start up costs. You cannot expect to start any kind of business without some investment - this is normal and to be expected. There will also be ongoing costs associated with your business, so do your homework thoroughly, get all the information you can, ask about ongoing costs up front so you know exactly what it is you will need. This way there will be no surprises, no disappointments and you can factor these costs into your budget for your new business.
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Beware Of Hidden Costs In Your Small Business
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| Obvious costs are usually planned for. However, hidden costs will drain your money and time without your knowledge. These costs in fact are not hidden, but get overlooked when you factor in the major expenses. If you are aware of the hidden costs, you can avoid unpleasant surprises. Besides, small business costs can be reduced to a certain extent by managing the hidden costs. |
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Restaurants in 2010 and Beyond
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| As restaurants deal with rising costs and shrinking margins due to leasing costs escalating they have to find ways to be more efficient, more productive and build a following. Nothing beats good food, except good food and good service combined with good marketing. How can you develop or expand your restaurant? What things do you need to change to make it more profitable? How can you beat rising costs? |
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The Truth About Business Factoring And The Real Factor Cost Of AR Finance In Canada
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| Information on the actual costs of business factoring in Canada and how ar finance factor cost should be assessed in terms of opportunity costs and financing charges . |
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