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    Friday, December 17, 2010

    Top 5 Business Tips for Teaching Employees to Own their Work










    With the economy still sputtering, your business needs to take advantage of the resources available to them. SCORE (http://www.score.org) offers useful, free resources, business counseling and business tools to small businesses.

    One of SCORE’s great resources is its lists of “Top 5 Business Tips.” My pick for this week is SCORE’s 5 Tips for Teaching Employees to Own Their Work - check it out at: http://www.score.org/5_tips_l_10.html.

    We recommend you perform a year-end strategic business review (and update your planning).  For our strategic business planning checklist part 1 & part 2:

    http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=55397007-ca6e-4941-a509-88db4be93030

    http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=d6ecf8e0-b07c-4a66-9e2a-3db1f2236c55

    SCORE is a partner with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and is a national association dedicated to helping small business owners form and grow their businesses. SCORE offers terrific free resources, business counseling and business tools for small businesses.

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    For information on how the business lawyers at Griffith & Jacobson, LLC can help your business grow, contact Arieh M. Flemenbaum at 312-236-8110 or by email at Contact Us (http://www.gjlaw.com/contact). Or visit us at our website: http://www.gjlaw.com
    Griffith & Jacobson, LLC – We know business – Chicago’s Business Lawyers.









     

    Year-End Business Check-Up No. 9:

    To help you complete a check-up and strategic year-end planning for your business, we will publish helpful tips and ideas through the end of the year. This tip is part of our ongoing series.

    Business Check-up No. 9:


    Complete and update all of your confidentiality, nondisclosure or non-competition agreements for your employees, vendors and/or customers. Ensure your existing agreements are still enforceable: i.e., they are reasonable given the circumstances and their restrictions are narrowly tailored and fit the facts surrounding the situation.


    Check for updates every week day through December 31st.

    Happy Holidays from Griffith & Jacobson, LLC!

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    For information on how the business lawyers at Griffith & Jacobson, LLC can help your business grow, contact Arieh M. Flemenbaum at 312-236-8110 or by email at Contact Us (http://www.gjlaw.com/contact).
    Griffith & Jacobson, LLC – We know business – Chicago’s Business Lawyers.

     

    Thursday, December 16, 2010

    Year-End Business Check-up No. 8:

    To help you complete a check-up and strategic year-end planning for your business, we will publish helpful tips and ideas through the end of the year. This tip is part of our ongoing series.

    Business Check-up No. 8:


    Are you maximizing your intellectual property rights? Meet with your business lawyer to discuss ways you can you monetize your IP rights and secure potential new sources of income. Be sure to have measures in place to secure and protect your valuable intellectual property rights and trade secrets. Address any infringements and/or possible disputes over your IP rights, licensing and trade secrets.


    Check for updates every week day through December 31st.

    Happy Holidays from Griffith & Jacobson, LLC!

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    For information on how the business lawyers at Griffith & Jacobson, LLC can help your business grow, contact Arieh M. Flemenbaum at 312-236-8110 or by email at Contact Us (http://www.gjlaw.com/contact).
    Griffith & Jacobson, LLC – We know business – Chicago’s Business Lawyers.

     

    Wednesday, December 15, 2010

    Year-End Business Check-up No. 7:

    To help you complete a check-up and strategic year-end planning for your business, we will publish helpful tips and ideas through the end of the year. This tip is part of our ongoing series.

    Business Check-up No. 7:


    Inventory & assess all liabilities. Be proactive! Meet with your business lawyer and discuss a strategy to address any disputes or issues and how to mitigate and/or head off potential liabilities or litigation. As the old adage says: an ounce of prevention is the best medicine.


    Check for updates every week day through December 31st.

    Happy Holidays from Griffith & Jacobson, LLC!

    ______________________________________________________________

    For information on how the business lawyers at Griffith & Jacobson, LLC can help your business grow, contact Arieh M. Flemenbaum at 312-236-8110 or by email at Contact Us (http://www.gjlaw.com/contact).
    Griffith & Jacobson, LLC – We know business – Chicago’s Business Lawyers.

     

    Tuesday, December 14, 2010

    Year-End Business Check-Up No. 6:

    To help you complete a check-up and strategic year-end planning for your business, we will publish helpful tips and ideas through the end of the year. This tip is part of our ongoing series.

    Business Check-up No. 6:


    Review your independent contractor relationships. The Internal Revenue Service and many States (i.e., their Department of Revenue and/or Department of Labor) are auditing business/corporate tax filings and reports concerning their use of independent contractors. In cases where the IRS and/or the State tax agents reclassify "independent contractors" as employees, the business is not only required to withhold/pay the required tax payments (i.e., FICA, FUTA, etc.), they are usually also assessed significant penalties for failing to file and pay the required employment taxes.  So review your situation with a business lawyer and avoid a potentially costly reclassification of your independent contractors!


    Check for updates every week day through December 31st.

    Happy Holidays from Griffith & Jacobson, LLC!

    ______________________________________________________________

    For information on how the business lawyers at Griffith & Jacobson, LLC can help your business grow, contact Arieh M. Flemenbaum at 312-236-8110 or by email at Contact Us (http://www.gjlaw.com/contact).
    Griffith & Jacobson, LLC – We know business – Chicago’s Business Lawyers.

     

    Monday, December 13, 2010

    Year-End Business Check-Up Tip No. 5

    To help you complete a check-up and strategic year-end planning for your business, we will publish helpful tips and ideas through the end of the year. This tip is part of our ongoing series.

    Business Check-up No. 5:


    Review employee duties & lines of authority. Train employees on marketing & cross-selling your products and services.


    Check for updates every week day through December 31st.

    Happy Holidays from Griffith & Jacobson, LLC!

    ______________________________________________________________

    For information on how the business lawyers at Griffith & Jacobson, LLC can help your business grow, contact Arieh M. Flemenbaum at 312-236-8110 or by email at Contact Us (http://www.gjlaw.com/contact).
    Griffith & Jacobson, LLC – We know business – Chicago’s Business Lawyers.