New Hampshire Business Review - January-24 2014

December 2, 2013

NH Business Review Staff

N.H. Senate panel votes to kill employer criticism bill

Bob Sanders,

Measure would bar companies from firing a worker for ‘egregious’ statements

N.H. House to take up a bevy of business-related bills

Bob Sanders,

Alcohol sales, premium cigars, keno, windmills on the agenda

N.H. High Tech Council seeks Entrepreneur of the Year nominees

NH Business Review Staff,

Past winners are ‘a Who’s Who of technology innovators’ in the Granite State

Best practices for using payroll debit cards

Nicholas F. Casolaro,

They carry unintended consequences for both employers and employees

Expanding Medicaid: Better health for midlife adults

Dick Chevrefils,

Expansion would help nearly 14,000 Granite Staters aged 45 to 64 who have lost their jobs or are in jobs without health benefits

Why ethics training doesn’t work

Annabel Beerel,

We should be focusing on advancing learning, transformation and wisdom, not catching ‘bad’ people

State gaming panel did a thorough, balanced job

Richard Ames,

Our job was not to answer whether a casino would be ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ rather it was to figure out what rules would best serve the state

2014 Legislature: déjà vu all over again

Brad Cook,

Once again, there are repeating themes, repeat bills and a relative dearth of new subjects

What to do when your personal life affects your job

Paul S. Boynton,

When we’re in the middle of a crisis, we tend to think everyone is thinking about us and our problems. Fortunately this is almost never true

Navigating the complexities of valuing a business

Bill Conrad,

Choosing the wrong approach could dramatically impact your company

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