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		<title>July &#8216;08 Legislative Update</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of quick updates with some good news and some potentially not so good news&#8230;
~ First the not so good news: AB 2716 &#8211; the bill currently pending in the California legislature that will mandate sick leave for ALL California employees regardless of classification &#8211; is scheduled to be heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=higherauthorityhr.wordpress.com&blog=3753873&post=14&subd=higherauthorityhr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May &#8216;08 Legislative Update: Mandated Sick Pay AB2716</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California Assembly has just okay&#8217;d AB2716 which would  require organizations with 10 or more employees to provide up to 9 days of paid sick leave per year.  Smaller employers would have to provide up to 5 days of paid sick leave.  The bill goes to the state Senate next.   If this legislation is passed, California would become the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=higherauthorityhr.wordpress.com&blog=3753873&post=11&subd=higherauthorityhr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May 2008 Newsletter Spotlight Article: Employee Motivation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding What Motivates (and De-motivates) Ministry Employees  
 
People work for ministries for a variety of reasons, but most will fall into one of three very general &#8220;motivational&#8221; categories (although these categories can overlap to some degree).  Understanding why your employees work for you is a big step toward understanding what motivates them and, of course, toward keeping them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=higherauthorityhr.wordpress.com&blog=3753873&post=10&subd=higherauthorityhr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aiming Higher?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 00:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay…the name is a little hokey.  I admit it.  In fact, Higher Authority H.R. Consulting, is a little hokey too.  But there is a point to it all.  As Christians we should aim higher because we do answer to a “Higher Authority”   It may sound cutsey, but it is also completely TRUE!
Churches, ministries and Christian business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=higherauthorityhr.wordpress.com&blog=3753873&post=4&subd=higherauthorityhr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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