Trends
20% of companies eliminate 401(k) matching programs
A recent survey of U.S.
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Tips for getting the most from mobile devices
Accounting firms with a growing mobile work force may be struggling to understand how best to manage the complexity of employees working from disparat...
Recession inspires mothers to return to school; business, accounting popular options
Earning a degree has long been a dream of many working mothers. While it might seem the recession would put that dream even further out of reach for m...
Deloitte study reveals tension regarding the use of social media in the workplace
According to the third annual Deloitte LLP Ethics & Workplace survey, 60 percent of business executives believe they have a right to know how empl...
Women make slow but steady climb through ranks of CPA firms
Women CPAs have been making a slow but steady climb through the ranks of public accounting. Yet in the seventh year the Illinois CPA Society, through ...
On CPE trends – changing and accommodating
Contributed by the Illinois CPA SocietyA quick comparison between a "CPE Update" course list from a few years ago and another from a few weeks ago tel...
Job discrimination complaints reach record levels
Job-discrimination complaints across the United States hit record levels in fiscal 2008, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports.Abou...
Five ways to get remote working wrong
There are five common, and easily avoided, mistakes that companies tend to make when setting up teleworking or remote working programs.According to U....
Telework on the rise as more employers offer flexible work arrangements
The number of U.S. employees who worked remotely at least one day per month increased 39 percent the past two years, from approximately 12.4 million i...
Successfully performing the great American juggling act
By Amy L. Welch, APR, Oklahoma Society of CPAs Director of CommunicationsSince the term "work-life balance" was first used in the 1970s, studies have ...
