PAYROLL FRAUD – HOW TO AVOID IT

“Make no mistake. Payroll Fraud is real.  According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, it’s the number one source of accounting fraud and employee theft.  Check out these statistics: Payroll Fraud happens in 27 percent of all businesses Payroll fraud occurs nearly twice as often (14.2 percent) in small organizations with less than 100…

Triskaidekaphobia?

“Today is Friday the 13th, a date many people associate with bad luck, but is Friday the 13th as unlucky as many people believe? Not likely, but don’t tell that to someone who hides under the covers every time Friday the 13th rolls around on the calendar because that person probably suffers from paraskevidekatriaphobia, the…

EEOC Sues Mattress Company in Racial Case

“Carolina Mattress Guild, a Thomasville, N.C.-based mattress manufacturer, subjected black employees to a racially hostile work environment and unlawfully fired the employee who complained about racial comments, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in a lawsuit filed against the company. Carolina Mattress Guild officials said the allegations are unfounded. According to the EEOC’s complaint,…