Idaho Business Review IBR

Idaho’s most experienced and valuable educators have been ignored under the Career Ladder salary allocation framework for too long. It is imperative we expand on the recent investments in public education beyond early career educators to ensure we are able ...

Statistically, we are in the second longest economic expansion since World War II (and will be the longest in history by June). But despite this fact, the average American hasn’t felt the benefit of the past 10 years of economic ...

There is a clear difference between good employees and key employees. Good employees, as good as they may be, are replaceable. Key employees, on the other hand, are much more difficult to replace. Good employees are satisfied with just a ...

As a business leader, you know the customer experience (CX) is incredibly important to your business. According to a 2017 Gartner survey, the majority of marketers say they are already competing “mainly on the basis of CX.” Most people understand ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 7,609 sexual harassment charges in 2018, which represents a 13.6 percent increase from 2017. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, this is perhaps unsurprising. As a default position, many companies believe that ...

How you thank your employees for their hard work matters. Remember back to elementary school, when it was a big deal to get a good grade on a paper followed by that coveted smiley face from your teacher? People don’t ...

In 2019, lawyers have a duty to stay on top of changes in technology. This requirement first appeared in 2012 when the ABA amended the comments to Model Rule 1.1 to indicate that technology competence is a requirement for lawyers. ...

On March 22, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a new proposed rule that would make several changes to current overtime law. The proposed rule, which is not yet in effect, would require that: ·       Employees make at least $679 ...

When it comes to growing the economy, we often focus on job growth through starting a new business. However, there is also a lot to be said about job retention and growth through transitioning current businesses to the next generation. ...

If your tax refund this year was disappointing, you may be able to do something about it: Contribute more to a retirement fund. Tax-deductible contributions to 401(k)s, IRAs and other retirement accounts are among the few remaining ways to reduce ...