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Our President, Bryan Hummitzsch What’s the coolest thing you’re working on right now?  Training our puppy to do tricks. Who would you most like to swap places with for a day?  A secret Service agent for the President. What’s the best meal you’ve ever had?  Guinness Beer Stew in Dublin, Ireland. What are some of […]

Use Popular Benefits to Lure Top Talent Benefits are a key factor in attracting and holding onto the best and brightest people for your organization. To make sure you’re keeping up with the competition, consider offering these emerging popular benefits to your employees. Telemedicine and On-Site Clinics: Millennials demand and value convenience, in health care […]

Tips on Preparing Your Business for a Natural Disaster With the start of peak Atlantic hurricane season this month comes the risk of losing essential business records, files, and other materials to floods or damaging winds. To reduce your damage costs and hasten your return to normal business operations, follow the following tips from the […]

Valencia, CA, November 9, 2017:  On Thursday, November 9th, 2017, the SCV Business Marketing Group is their 1-year anniversary event in Valencia, CA, benefitting two local non-profits. This event, they are encouraging business owners to come and enjoy a Thanksgiving feast, while networking with the premiere business influencers of the Santa Clarita Valley. The SCV […]

Tequila Tasting Benefiting the Million Little Foundation: The SCV Business Marketing Group rasied $500 for the Million Little Foundation Valencia, CA, August 22, 2017:  On Tuesday, August 22nd, the SCV Business Marketing Group hosted another fabulous event in Santa Clarita benefitting a local non-profit. This quarter, they hosted a Tequila Tasting at Solita Tacos & […]

Guidance Provides 2017 Monthly National Average Premium for Bronze Plans The IRS has released the 2017 monthly national average premium for a bronze level health plan offered through the Health Insurance Marketplace, which is used to determine the maximum individual mandate penalty. New Guidance According to the new IRS guidance, the monthly national average premium for qualified […]

Our Administrative Assistant, Kodee Wilson Where’s your favorite place in the world?  Anywhere I feel at home. Usually that is not a place, but a feeling you get when you’re with certain people. It changes all the time. If you could be any animal, what would you be?  I would be a sea otter because […]

Employer Prohibitions Employers are prohibited from requiring or requesting that an employee or applicant for employment do any of the following: Disclose a username or password for the purpose of accessing personal social media. Access personal social media in the presence of the employer. Divulge any personal social media, except in limited circumstances. “Social Media” […]

Law Requires Certain Employers to Offer Dependent Coverage Until Age 26 Under the Affordable Care Act, when a plan covers dependents, it must continue to make the coverage available until a child reaches the age of 26, even if the young adult has been offered coverage through his or her own employer, is married, no longer lives […]

Proper Eye Protection Needed When Viewing Eclipse Ahead of the total eclipse set to occur on Monday, August 21, 2017, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is warning consumers of the sale of unsafe “eclipse glasses” and hand-held solar viewers (known generally as solar filters). Without the proper eye protection, looking directly at the sun is […]