Business owners frequently ask—"What can I do to avoid the possibility of a wrongful termination charge by anemployee?" The easy answer—"Don’t hire the wrong person for the job." The reality is that one day every business owner will face the unpleasant task of having to terminate an employee for one reason or another. How can a business retain good employees and avoid terminations?
In today’s tough economy, the fight for share-of-customer by retail stores to effectively capture sales has never been fiercer. Retail stores that sit back and wait for the economy to improve will have a very long road to recovery. Aggressive retailers that go after sales by working the critical three-mile business radius surrounding their retail store will not only survive in the short term but will prosper when the economy turns positive – and it will!
April 1: Petroleum Issues Boot Camp, Sacramento, CA April 2: Day at the Capitol, Sacramento, CA April 15: Membership Meeting (open to non-members), Orange, CA April 16: Membership Meeting (open to non-members), Pasadena, CA
The next public hydrogen fueling station to open in California is scheduled for May at CSU Los Angeles. This will be the first in a number of new hydrogen stations that are scheduled to come online this year. There are currently nine hydrogen refueling stations available to the general public in California. Supported by previous California Energy Commission (CEC) grant funding, 19 more are in development throughout the Bay Area and in southern California.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Bill Klesse, the silver-haired chief executive officer of Valero Energy Corp (VLO), the largest U.S. refiner, will retire in May after eight years at the helm, the company announced on Monday
A French restaurant in Los Angeles and a chain of casual eateries in Florida have stirred yet another tempest in the Affordable Care Act teapot by adding health care surcharges to customers' bills.
Worker visibility is critical to worker safety. Workers must be visible in all lighting conditions and against complex environmental backgrounds. Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Enhanced and High-Visibility? Here’s a quick reference that outlines the distinction...
Mid-December security breaches affected both Neiman Marcus and Target, with Target’s affecting more than 40 million customer credit and debit cards and more than 70 million customers’ personally identifiable information. Incidents like these pose a significant threat to a company’s reputation, and they highlight the importance of not only maintaining security and controls over customer card data but also staying compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) issued by the PCI Security Standards Council.
