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1.What employers need to know about electronic signatures
by THE HR SPECIALIST: NEW YORK EMPLOYMENT LAW on APRIL 3, 2014 9:00AM
http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/38162/what-employers-need-to-know-about-electronic-signatures
in CENTERPIECE,EMPLOYMENT LAW,HUMAN RESOURCESFor centuries, a signature at the bottom of a piece of paper has meant someone agrees with what the document says. But now many of our documents are made of electrons instead of wood pulp.
Can keystrokes carry the same legal weight as pen strokes? Yes.
THE LAW: The Uniform Law Commission drafted the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) in 1999, providing states with a template to regulate electronic signatures. Many states adopted UETA, but many modified the original template to suit their needs. As a result, each state has a slightly different law governing electronic signatures.
UETA prohibits refusing to accept an electronic signature simply because it is electronic. It requires that the signature be considered valid if the person “signing” knowingly used a “security measure.” That’s defined as any procedure used to verify an electronic signature, record or performance,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sage/2014/03/31/how-to-choose-the-right-apps-to-manage-your-small-business/2.How To Choose The Right Apps To Manage Your Small Business
By Mike Savory and Nancy Harris, Sage North America
At Sage, we meet with small business owners regularly to get a complete picture of how their businesses run. We’ve had countless discussions about the tools these business owners use and why they chose them. These are businesses of all types, sizes and ages; but do you know what is common among them?
To some degree, they all use a mix of tools that are either the wrong fit or not connected with each other…or both. One conversation that comes to mind was with a consultant who was using desktop accounting software that she described as “too much” for her needs. This business owner used three separate applications to track time, organize tasks, and collect online payments, none of which were connected to each other. She struggled with sharing pertinent information with her business partner who was in another city. The result was frustration and wasted time as she tried to make it all work, and she’s not alone.
Countless other businesses face the same challenges, but there are ways to tackle these issues. Here are a few tips for choosing the right tools to manage your business more effectively.
First, make a list of the software and apps you use.
Review the list for any redundancies.
If you’re using separate apps for invoicing and accounting, check to see if your accounting app can also create invoices. Maybe your contact management app also has a to-do list. Keeping more of your data in one place reduces extra steps and saves you time.
With your remaining list of apps, Google or check the website of each one to see if it connects with any of the others on your list.
Get instructions for setting up the connections between your apps. You may be turned off by the time or seeming technical expertise required to get apps to work together, but the effort may pay for itself many times over. Web-based apps offer more choices for connecting with each other. Look for the “partners” or “add-ons” section of software providers’ websites to learn what connections are possible.
Use your social networks to ask for recommendations for accounting and business management tools that are the correct fit for your business size, complexity, and industry. Your accountant or CPA may be able to recommend accounting software that allows him or her to view and share accounting data, making it faster and easier to review and adjust financials.
You and your business could probably benefit from having more of your attention put on finding opportunities and servicing customers, right? Well, if you’re like most small business owners, you will appreciate the time-savings and efficiency that consolidating some of your tools into one or two leaner, better-fitting apps will bring you.
Mike Savory is a product manager for Sage, with product strategy responsibility for Sage One in North America, part of Sage’s global cloud solution for start-ups and small businesses. Additionally, he is focused on market research, voice of the customer, and helping to coordinate development with other Sage One global platform teams.
Nancy Harris is senior vice president and general manager, Canada, Sage North America. As general manager for the Canadian market, Nancy is responsible for building the Sage brand and growing market share in Canada. Her responsibilities include driving the strategy and day-to-day operations for the small business portfolio, including Sage 50—Canadian Edition and Sage One—Canadian Edition.
Sage One is an online accounting and invoicing solution that helps small businesses stay organized, easily bill and get paid, and track money coming in and going out of the business.
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Theses articles all relate to my topic because they all are about running a business. on some useful devices, and apps to help run a business. I feel like that farther into the future we go the easier it will be for people to run a business. just based on the technology alone i can see where the head owners wouldn't have to do much, that there would be the technology that would help and do nearly all of the work for them, such as accounting, stock inventory, and more. there is already a lot of apps and technology that make it a billion times easier than it was in the mid 1900’s. so as time and technology grows i can see the more business management will grow too.
