Category: Legal Law

How Consultants Overcharge Their Clients

Consultants’ ‘Profit Enhancers’ When an organization hires management or IT consultants, line managers must ensure that the consultants deliver the promised results. In this article, I summarize six techniques that consultancies use to maximize their own profitability. Some of these are just smart businesses, some are dishonest, some are fraudulent; all are widespread throughout the […]

Lander University Profiles

Lander University is a state-endorsed four-year institution in Greenwood, South Carolina. The regional college was founded in 1872 as Williamston Female College, a private institution in Williamston, South Carolina. After the university moved to Greenwood, it was renamed in 1904 in honor of its founder, Samuel Lander. The men were first admitted to the university […]

New and severe penalties for misclassification of independent contractors

There has been a trend in recent years for companies to treat workers as independent contractors to avoid administrative responsibilities and additional costs applicable to employees (payroll taxes, workers’ compensation insurance, unemployment insurance, payment of overtime and various employee benefits). In response, both the Internal Revenue Service and state agencies have stepped up compliance audits […]

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