Attending a corporate retreat might sound like fun: travel away from the office, delicious meals prepared, served and cleaned up by someone else and evenings overflowing with various social outings. Read more...

“Estate planning for the small business owner is important because it allows the small business owner to set forth his or her plan for the orderly transfer of the company,” says Alan S. Acker, Of Counsel with the law firm of Carlile Patchen & Murphy in Columbus. Read more...

While a paycheck is the ultimate benefit of being gainfully employed, it is not enough to retain the best and the brightest, even when the U.S. unemployment rate hovers just over six percent. Not surprisingly, health insurance and retirement plans are the most widely requested and supplied employee benefits. In fact, in 2013, employer-provided medical insurance was available to 86 percent of the full-time, privately employed workforce while retirement benefits were available to 74 percent of full-timers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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