Registered Apprenticeship: Earn While You Learn Transitioning service members often face the challenge of relating their military experience to careers in the private sector. Here’s the good news: the earn-while-you-learn model of Registered Apprenticeship offers an excellent opportunity for veterans starting their civilian careers.Registered Apprenticeships are industry-driven programs that offer a mutually-beneficial arrangement for bothContinueContinue reading “Registered Apprenticeship: Earn While You Learn”
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Cultural Web Model
Organizations that do not define an organizational culture leave the door open for the culture to define itself—which is often fraught with dissatisfaction, toxicity, and misalignment. Corporate Culture, Organizational Culture, or Workplace Culture all share the same meaning. The term represents the shared beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviors that describe an organization and its employees.ContinueContinue reading “Cultural Web Model”
Entrepreneurial-Minded Veterans
November 11 is Veterans Day (although it’s celebrated on November 10th because the 11th is a Saturday). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, veterans own 5.6% of businesses in the U.S. and employ 3.6 million workers. This is slightly less than the percentage of the U.S. population that is veterans—6.4%. The following is some materialContinueContinue reading “Entrepreneurial-Minded Veterans”
Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Rules that Boost Certain Tax Write-Offs
The Inflation Reduction Act introduced or expanded various tax rules—deductions and credits—related to green energy. Basic write-offs can be supercharged if employers involved in certain construction activities meet prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) requirements. For example, the basic deduction for an energy-efficient commercial building that achieves a 50% reduction in energy and power costs inContinueContinue reading “Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Rules that Boost Certain Tax Write-Offs”
Sleep and the Workplace
Daylight Savings Time (DST) ends on November 5, 2023, at 2 a.m. It will begin on March 10, 2024. Many people are affected by these time changes. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health says that “the changing of the clock means misalignment of our bodies’ natural rhythms.” The Sunshine Protection Act, if enacted, would makeContinueContinue reading “Sleep and the Workplace”
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