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- Workplace Drinking on the Rise
- According to Aviation Week, a NASA-assembled panel found that on at least two occasions, astronauts engaged in "heavy use of alcohol" within twelve hours of launching, putting themselves and their colleagues at risk. In a press conference scheduled for this afternoon, NASA is expected to address the issue. They're not...
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- A Health Policy for Hearing Impairment in Older Australians: What Should It Include?
- As in all western countries, Australia's older population experiences high levels of hearing impairment coupled with relatively low levels of hearing device usage. Poor hearing diminishes the quality of life of affected individuals and their families. This paper discusses how to improve Australian hearing health policies in order to better...
- White papers 2005-12-13
- Integrating Vehicle Design and Human Factors: Minimizing Elderly Driving Constraints
- With a projected rise in the number of elderly, most of whom have also relied primarily on the private automobile for their mobility; it is likely that future adaptations in vehicle design will be linked in some part to the physical infirmities often faced by the elderly. This paper offers...
- White papers 2005-02-10
- Is Every Worker with a Physical Impairment Afforded Protection Under the American Disabilities Act?
- This article says that in analyzing whether an impaired individual will be considered disabled under the ADA, the focus should be on inabilities or severe restrictions in performing essential daily life activities and whether such are permanent or long-term. This also needs to keep in mind the clear state of...
- White papers 2003-05-05
- Impairment Tests: An Alternative to Drug-Testing in the Workplace
- Drug testing in the workplace is on the rise in North America. The data indicate that testing for substance abuse in the workplace is even more widespread in the US than it is in Canada. Despite the increase in use of drug-tests, there are legal and practical problems with implementing...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Impairment Charges: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- "Impairment charge" is the new term for writing off worthless goodwill. These charges started making headlines in 2002 as companies adopted new accounting rules and disclosed huge goodwill write-offs. While impairment charges have since then gone relatively unnoticed, they will get more attention as the weak economy and faltering stock...
- White papers 2002-11-05
- Intangibles Revealed
- From the executive summary: ‘Experts suggest that certain companies can wind up spending some serious dollars to determine the fair value of intangibles and business units. Such valuations are required in Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB’s) new merger rules, which require that goodwill and other intangibles be tested for impairment...
- White papers 2001-06-29
- Countering Child Poverty
- The BMA defines disability as "the end result of either mental, physical, or sensory impairments (and people can be healthy with such impairments) or long term ill health (which can limit functional ability). Either case can result in a loss or limitation of opportunities." It wants improved career advice and...
- White papers 2001-05-12
- Trends in Vision and Hearing Among Older Americans
- For the elderly, sensory impairments increase vulnerability and limit the quality of life. Dimming eyesight and failing hearing can reduce physical, functional, emotional, and social well-being. Visual and hearing impairments decrease independence in performing the activities of daily living, getting from place to place, or communicating with others. Isolation, depression,...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Is The Time Right For Impairment Testing?
- Advocates say this decades-old method, which has undergone significant changes, has advantages over drug testing in ensuring safe workplaces. A transformation is under way, though few have noticed. While governmental pressure for workplace drug testing remains, many HR professionals have begun to question its effectiveness. Seeking less invasive and more...
- White papers 2001-02-01
- Mental Disabilities In The Workplace
- Employers face a host of thorny problems ranging from limits on independent psychiatric evaluations to requests for accommodations of "stress." Article points out that there is no definitive list of covered mental impairments; employers must analyze disability claims and accommodation requests on a case-by-case basis. The statutory criteria for all...
- White papers 2000-06-01
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- Memory Impairment: Making a Difference Today
- Alzheimer's disease, one of the most frightening memory-robbing disorders, hampers the lives of some 4 to 5 million older Americans. Individuals with Alzheimer's disease may have trouble recalling addresses, major events, or the name of the President. Making meals and managing finances can become difficult. Over time problems with memory...
- White papers 2004-05-05
- Goodwill And Intangible Assets: A Ten-Step Program for Public and Nonpublic Entities
- Under SFAS 142 (issued June 2001), goodwill and certain intangible assets with an indefinite life are no longer amortized, but are tested for impairment; an intangible asset with a finite life is amortized over its useful life; and negative goodwill is recorded as extraordinary income. Furthermore, equity-method goodwill will no...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- You're Injured ... and Fired!
- So you have suffered the pain and nuisance of a work-related injury, and now it looks like you're also about to lose your job! You may be asking yourself, can my employer really get away with this? A number of recent cases have looked at whether an employee can legally...
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Asset Impairment and Disposal
- For many years, companies and other entities accounted for the disposal or expected disposal of long-lived assets that were a segment of a business using one set of rules and the disposal of long-lived assets that were not a segment of a business using another standard. This article explains how...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- Upgrading the Benefits Package for the Employer
- Employee benefit programs are traditionally designed to cover some basic needs for coverage. But what happens if there is a major expense, or major cost to be covered? What happens if a person's son needs speech therapy at $250 per month, and the extended health benefit is capped at $500...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- A Woman's Guide to Long-Term Care
- This paper focuses on the insurance on long term care for women. Long-term care is the assistance needed when a person can not perform activities of daily living due to a cognitive impairment like Alzheimer's, illness, injury, or age. Care can range from someone coming into home to help with...
- White papers
- M&A: Back to Basics?
- If one thinks new accounting rules that will make acquisitions more transparent, think again. The new rules, which force companies to annually review the value of acquired goodwill and book impairment charges if that value drops, would seem to hold managers more directly accountable for the prices they pay for...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- The Importance of Expert Valuation Advice
- FASB clearly needed to deal with business combinations. Pooling criteria did not distinguish economically dissimilar transactions. As a result, similar business combinations were accounted for using different methods that produced dramatically different financial statements. Many believed that better information was needed about increasingly important intangible assets, and that goodwill amortization...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Hazards Of The Deal
- From the executive summary: ‘Owing to a combination of prolonged softness in the insurance market, a red-hot mergers-and-acquisitions market, and eye-popping legal settlements, Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) insurance has emerged into the front ranks of viable risk management products. Terms and prices are more favorable now than ever. But, with...
- White papers 2000-05-01
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