Union-Friendly Changes By NRLB Will Affect Your Business »
NN&V Exclusive (Rebecca Smith) – In 2011, the NLRB made some very union-friendly changes, and every employer should be aware of how they could affect their business. Five of the most aggressive changes are Micro bargaining units Notice of the right to unionize Handbook policies Card check recognition Increases in 10(j) Federal Court Injunctions 1. The micro bargaining unit should be a concern for businesses of all sizes. Under the new standard, so long as [...]
Does State Have Right To Ask Small Business Owners To Jump Higher Than Competition? »
NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – An entrepreneur in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been left scratching his head over state regulations. Verlin Stoll, who owns and operates a funeral parlor in Minnesota’s capital, wants to expand by building a second operation, which would also mean hiring more employees. Government, especially in this economy, should be holding him up as a prime example of entrepreneurship and small business capitalism in action. Instead, it is forcing him to [...]
More Than 2,300 Nevada Nonprofits Lose Tax Exempt Status With IRS »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – More than 2,300 Nevada nonprofit groups have had their tax exempt status revoked by the Internal Revenue Service. The revocations run the gamut, from the Edgewood Tahoe Mens Club to the Lovelock Alfalfa Seed Growers. Most of the revocations occurred in 2010 but were just posted by the agency last year. The IRS in June of 2o11 released a list of more than 275,000 nonprofits nationwide that had their tax-exempt [...]
Attempt to Fix Up Homes Could Cause Its Own Mess »
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – Politicians have an uncontrollable urge to do something in response to any unusual event. But too often they end up doing something that makes the problem worse or that creates an entirely different set of problems. And often these new problems are worse than the one they were trying to fix. The collapse of the housing market and the glut of foreclosures in Las Vegas resulted in a profusion of [...]
Union Jihad Trains Its Fire on the Goose Laying the Golden Eggs »
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – Ask around Las Vegas, especially in the corridors of City Hall and the streets of downtown, and people will sing the praises of Tony Hsieh, founder of Zappos. The company’s move to the Las Vegas Valley several years ago was celebrated. And Hsieh rescued the City from its ill-advised and misguided decision to build a brand-new City Hall in the depths of the recession by inking a deal to take [...]
Roadhouse Hits Roadblock As It Battles Self-Appointed Gaming Cop »
The Roadhouse Casino has been forced to delay its remodeling and reopening plans as its fight against one of the gaming Goliaths continues. The Roadhouse is the casino on Boulder Highway in Henderson whose gaming license has been challenged by a competitor that doesn’t want the competition. The renovation and eventual opening of the Roadhouse could be just the shot in the arm that area of Henderson needs to get moving again. The company estimates [...]
Employee Tax Packs More Than Just a Job-Killing Punch »
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – Nevada’s Modified Business Tax (MBT) ranks right up there as one the worst ideas ever devised by mankind. Okay, maybe that’s just a bit of an exaggeration. But not much. It punishes employers for employing workers, which is why even members of the left have declared it “hurts small business and hampers job creation.” Yet it still survives. The MBT is levied on the amount of payroll a company pays. [...]
Buying A Foreclosed Home Can Be A Win-Win-Win-Win-Win Situation »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – There’s a story out today [December 1] about how Sen. Dean Heller’s campaign is attacking Rep. Shelley Berkley’s husband for … buying and selling foreclosured homes and trying to make a profit. Rep. Shelley Berkley’s husband has been investing in Las Vegas troubled homes, renting out some but selling two this year for $86,000 profit, according to research circulated this week by Republicans seeking to dent her U.S. Senate candidacy. Republicans charge the [...]
Smalltown Contractor’s Brawl with Big Labor Moves to Federal Court »
A small Elko contractor targeted by a Union will be slugging it out with the Union in court. A judge in Reno has set a December 6 court date for Mach 4 Construction to have its case heard against Operating Engineers Local 3. The company was unable to come to a settlement agreement with the Union and its Trust Funds earlier this week. The Union once again was unwilling to agree to accept amounts that [...]
Nevada: First Judicial Hellhole, Now Lending Hellhole »
A couple years ago, Clark County was first named a Judicial Hellhole. The state of Nevada could be on its way to being the nation’s first Lending Hellhole. The pendulum swings all the way to one side, then all the way to the other, never stopping in the middle. So it is with Nevada’s overreaction to the loosey-goosey days of easy money. The Silver State is creating taxpayer-backed business loan programs because “banks aren’t lending,” [...]
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