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Tag Archives: Melanie Askew
What is a Compensation Study and Why Should Your District Want One?
With the changing labor environment, there are more and more discussions about pay, benefits, and other key factors in attracting quality employees. How do you know if your pay is competitive? Searching labor statistic websites and talking to your neighbor … read more
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Data, Data and More Data – How to Make it Work for You!
In the past, decision-making was much simpler, but we often got it wrong because although we knew a lot about one or two options, we didn’t know what our other choices were or we made poor choices anyway. A historic … read more
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Employee or Independent Contractor?
How do you know if someone working for your organization is an employee or an independent contractor? As individuals may perform duties for your organization as either independent contractors or employees, it is crucial to make the correct classification from … read more
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What We Can Learn from Fraudsters
What can we learn from fraudsters? Within the last year in Arizona, there have been multiple fraud cases. The Arizona State Auditor General’s website has issued seven financial Investigation reports from January 2017 through May of 2018. This list includes … read more
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Tagged accounting, fraud, internal controls, Melanie Askew, separation of duties, theft
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