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

More news from NHBR:

In NH, U.S. energy secretary says clean energy is expensive; urges approval of natural gas pipeline

With gasoline near $4 a gallon and healing oil prices expected to jump this winter, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Thursday said clean energy initiatives are partly to blame for high prices of energy. Wright, the founder and former chief-executive of a Denver-based oil-services and fracking company, spoke within eyesight of a small solar array at the Raymond district office of the New Hampshire Electric Co-op.

A Pair Of Vintage Golden Scales Of Justice Rests On A Wooden Des

Why growing companies are rethinking legal leadership

Most privately held companies view legal counsel as an expense that arrives after a dreaded event. A contract dispute surfaces, an employee threatens a claim, a deal stalls in diligence, and only then does the phone call to outside counsel get made.

Making a bid on workforce development

New Hampshire employers are seeking polished professionals with real-life experiences, but they may have to look beyond the traditional recruiting methods to find them. One example of an overlooked workforce development program is the NH 4-H Livestock Auction.