My staff members are all independent contractors. I get a lot of calls from others who are working as ICs, and from people who are utilizing IC labor in their business, and I’m sometimes appalled at the things I hear.
Independent contractors put up with a lot, most of the time because they need the job and they’re […]
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Laura Allen
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I am seeing a disturbing trend in the past few years, and that is the children whose little bodies are such stressed-out wrecks full of taut muscles and knots. I’m not a parent, so this isn’t something I’ve dealt with personally on a daily basis (or been the cause of, thankfully). But there are a few […]
Posted on March 20th, 2008 by Laura Allen
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This weekend the change over to daylight savings time is a sure sign that spring is on the way. We had a little strange weather here in the NC mountains this weekend with a weird ice storm one moment, and five minutes later the sun coming out. I’m glad to say it doesn’t look like […]
Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Laura Allen
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I was fortunate enough yesterday to host Nina McIntosh, author of The Educated Heart, at my continuing ed facility for a class on ethics. The Educated Heart was the first ethics book specifically written for those in our profession. It came out in 1999, went through 8 printings, and in 2005 LWW acquired it and […]
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Laura Allen
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