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Book Review: The Encore Career Handbook

Small Business Labs

One of the trends we've long covered is the desire and/or need by aging baby boomers  to continue working past their traditional retirement age. Simply put, a lot of baby boomers don't have the financial resources to retire.  We're always surprised in our research how few baby boomers understand their finances.

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Lawsuits, Lost Expertise And Bad Morale: The Steep Risks Of Ignoring Older Employees

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Age discrimination occurs when a manager or boss treats an applicant or employee less favorably due to their age, which applies to younger people with less experience as well as older people who are close to retirement age. They worry that their company may have no strategy or practice for any sort of planned retirement — because most don’t.

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Answering Reader Mail: Can an EA salary support a family?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Also look thru your employee handbook to save as much money as possible with your company matching 401k program and pre-tax contributions, employee discounts and perks, paid on going education, flexible spending accounts, etc. You should have 3 savings accounts - retirement, rainy day, and emergency. Save, save, and save.

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Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity

Stephanie LH Calahan

We May Not Have Heard From You | Main | Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers » Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity There are a lot of great blogs out in cyberworld that cover topics of organization and productivity.    Retire early. Work With Stephanie « Oh No!

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How Candidates And Managers Can Identify And Combat Age Discrimination

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Ageism is when employers treat an applicant or employee less favorably because of their age, which can apply to younger people with less experience, or older people who are close to what is traditionally considered retirement age. . Just a word or phrase like “high energy” could unintentionally insert bias.

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Grief In The Workplace Is A Taboo That Employers Can’t Ignore

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Offer Bereavement Leave Employees have no federal protections ensuring them the right to take leave from work to cope with a loss, says Rebecca Soffer, author of “The Modern Loss Handbook.” “First and foremost, employers can offer clear bereavement leave policies that would ideally include at least five paid days off,” Soffer says.

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Strengthen Your Business With Strategic Succession Planning

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Barkman, fittingly, is also author of a handbook on business succession planning: The Business Transition Handbook: How to Avoid Succession Pitfalls and Create Valuable Exit Options. Succession planning is preparing a roleand the person who will fill itto be transferred due to a key business leader retiring or leaving the company.