Planning Commission Recommends Approval of Plan
The first step in the approval process occurred on February 26, 2009, when the Comprehensive Advisory Committee conducted a public meeting and made a unanimous recommendation, with one abstention, for approval of the Pinal County Comprehensive Plan (February 2009 Public Hearing Draft).
As seen in the
Arizona Republic
Sunday, June 27, 2009
Written by: Lindsey Collom, Pinal County Reporter
Maricopa arose out of the desert in Pinal County almost overnight, in time for the Arizona housing boom and the painful crash that followed.
Now, it’s showing signs of rising again.
by Matthew Benson and Mary Jo Pitzl
Jun. 26, 2009 01:19 PM
The Arizona Republic
State officials have formally reached a budget deal for 2010, according to the Governor’s Office.
“We have agreement with legislative leaders,” said Paul Senseman, spokesman for Gov. Jan Brewer. Senseman said a tentative deal was reached Thursday evening and cemented in talks with the governor Friday morning.
Summertime Savings Tips
With June being the official start of summer (though of course, as an Arizonan, you’ve probably felt summer for a month or more now), many businesses experience a predictable change in their business pattern compared to other months of the year. Some businesses typically pick up in the summer as kids and families go on vacation or seek relief from the heat while other businesses experience a summer slowdown. Whichever way your business swings, being able to save money during this time is a good idea for businesses that are doing well, a critical necessity for those businesses that may be struggling a bit in the down economy. Here are four simple steps that can save most businesses a good deal of money in the long run. Not all of them may work for you, but even implementing one of them could add up to more than $100 in savings over this single summer 2009 alone.
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
On Friday, February 13, 2009, the House of Representatives and Senate approved the conference report for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. While this report contained a lot of stimulus projects, one item of particular relates very much to the workings of many small and medium-sized businesses as it relates to COBRA Coverage.
Tax Changes in Arizona
As you may or may not know, effective May 1st, 2009, Arizona has implemented new state tax levels across the board for all employees that are required to pay taxes. These changes mark an increase in taxes for all taxpayers and no new A-4 form is required in order for the increase to take effect.
Training for Success
When it comes to keeping happy, healthy and safe employees on your staff, one thing that is generally overlooked by many businesses is the importance of training. Not merely training for their specific job functions, but perhaps cross-training in other, closely related jobs, safety training, and training for team workmanship or other morale-building events. Employees whose employer invests time and energy into teaching them new skills and ways of interacting tend to feel more valuable to their organization, which leads to greater levels of loyalty and productivity.
CROSS-TRAINING
Cross training brings with it a dual purpose in serving both the employer and the employee. It makes the employer both more stable and successful to have a workforce that is capable of filling in the gap for missing employees who call in sick or have to leave their position for whatever reason. It gives the employee a stronger sense of stability and sense of worth to know how to fill in for others as needed. In addition, employees who are cross-trained have a greater sense of the overall organization of a company which will help to make them more effective in the work they produce, knowing how their efforts work with the whole.
SAFETY-TRAINING
Training employees for safety is not something that should be done once and forgotten, but should be, at a minimum, a yearly event. Some employees may tend to gripe about the idea of being trained regularly at safety, but research shows that employees who receive regular training not only produce safer workplaces – saving their employers money, but also that they appreciate that their employer takes the time and money to make sure they are paying attention to safety features in the workplace.
TEAMWORK
Teamwork and team-building events and activities unite a workforce in a way that little else can. Most employees tend to see these events as a little spot of fun in their workday and look forward to the times when team building events come about. Properly organized, these training sessions will get your employees to open up to each other, learn to communicate and understand each other well, and give them more reason to get along and want to stick around in your organization.
For Businesses Large and Small
Whether your business is a professional office environment, or an auto-body shop, whether you employ 5 employees, or 500, there are numerous benefits to be enjoyed by investing in the time to train your employees in various ways. They will find themselves with more drive and energy for you, and you will reap the benefit of a more motivated, safer workforce.
The staff of HR Wise undergoes regular training sessions, not just for their own enrichment, but also in order to understand how better to train others as well. If you are interested in learning more about training programs and how they can even be customized to suit your business there at «Company», please give us a call at (480) 626-2109.
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Greg O’Keefe
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