Effective Resources, Inc. is conducting its sixth annual benchmarking survey of salary, wages and benefits offered by Florida employers via their secure survey website,SalarySurvey­Online.com.

Everyone is striving for a competitive advantage. Wherever you work and no matter what type of work environment you work in, there are people with values and beliefs, sexual orientations and experiences, political ideologies, and religious and spiritual practices and traditions. Now a new book by two of the nation’s top corporate and legal consultants, Sex, Politics & Religion at the Office: the New Competitive Advantage, sheds new light on what it takes to achieve a more profitable style of leadership in the ever-increasing diversity of today’s workplace while staying within the law and keeping your employment lawyer happy.

A surge in Shigella infections in Rolette County, North Dakota, has prompted investigations. To date, 28 people have confirmed Shigella infections and 10 people have been hospitalized. Attorney Fred Pritzker comments on Shigella infections and investigations.

Do not sell or auction a storage unit if you are unsure of the Self Storage Lien Law for your state. The liabilities can be catastrophic.

A new BrochurePrintingGuid­e.info has recently become available on the Internet. This website is a 1-step source for complete information and resources for any size organization interested in brochure printing as a weapon in their advertising arsenal.

ISP offers checklist of five signs indicating insufficient security.In the SHRM 2006 Workplace Forecast, the top ten workplace trends included identity theft and the vulnerability of technology to attack or disaster. Background screeners are particularly susceptible to both of these problems, and Integrated Screening Partners (ISP) shares tips for safeguarding your information in their recent white paper.

Police hunting serial killers in the Phoenix area have arrested two suspects, officers said Friday. Officials said they had "major developments" in the search for perpetrators of two deadly crime sprees, dubbed the "Serial Shooter" and the "Baseline Killer." At least 14 deaths are blamed on the separate killing rampages.

The Payroll Company, a Wisconsin-based leading provider of payroll services, today announced two upcoming seminars on employment law and recent developments. These full-day sessions—Augus­t 18 and August 25—will help small business owners, human resource practitioners, managers, and supervisors avoid legal difficulties with the most pressing issues in human resource management.

Ashton Group, an estate tax mitigation firm serving families worth more than $50 million, has opened a New York office headed by Larry Lipoff, one of the City's leading estate planning CPAs.

Lake Shore Radiator, Inc. has filed suit in Federal Court against Radiator Express Warehouse, Inc., headquartered in Benicia, California and doing business as 1-800-Radiator and Radiator.com.

A surge in Shigella infections in Rolette County, North Dakota, has prompted investigations. To date, 28 people have confirmed Shigella infections and 10 people have been hospitalized. Attorney Fred Pritzker comments on Shigella infections and investigations.

Programmers are alleging computer giants are not paying the overtime wages mandated by California Labor Laws.

An Arizona judge has sentenced a polygamist to 45 days in county jail for having sex with a teenager he took as his third wife.