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Plaintiffs Lawyers Fear Consequences of Retaliation Ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court recently held that a company was not necessarily being retaliatory just because it sued an employee for making what it considered a bogus sexual discrimination claim. The ruling, which has since popped up on the Web sites of numerous labor and employment firms and employee-rights firms, has plaintiffs lawyers fearing that the door may be opened to company retaliation and that there will be a chilling effect on workers’ ability to report abuses.

N.J. Legislature Passes Bill Expanding Bias-Crime Law to Transsexuals
The New Jersey Legislature this week approved a bill extending to aliens and transsexuals the coverage of civil and criminal laws against bias intimidation. The bill would add “gender identity or expression” and “national origin” to the classes for which bias intimidation is a crime under New Jersey law. The bill would similarly expand state law that makes bias intimidation a civil offense for which damages, including punitive damages, can be recovered, along with attorney fees and costs.

Benesowitz v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
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from pre-existing condition and arising in first twelve months of
coverage; insurer may not, however, impose absolute bar to coverage
for such disabilities.

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> Planning Your Career

One of the most important decisions we make in our lives involves our careers. More than just having a job, a career is a life choice, a journey that we choose for ourselves for gainful employment and fulfillment of our lives. For many people, planning a career begins right after high school when deciding on which college to attend and what courses to take. For others, career planning takes place a little later in life, perhaps after having settled a family and a home.

Planning your career is not too dissimilar to planning a dinner party. There are preparations that need to be made if your dinner party is to be a success. The same preparations need to be made for your career. Look at your career as if it were a ladder, you dont start at the top of the ladder instantly, you work your way up from the bottom or near bottom to get to where you want to be - at the top.

One of the first decisions you need to make is to decide on the career you wish to follow. Researching the career field prior to any further decision making is key. Find out what necessary steps you will need to take in the way of education, certification and experience to get to the pinnacle of your career.

Talking with professionals in the career field of your choice can help you find out and decide which path is best for you to take on your way to the career of your dreams.
Which Direction For My Career

There comes a time for most people when they ask themselves about which direction they should take for their career. For some, this question is asked before their career even begins, perhaps even before entering college.

In most cases, the sooner you can decide on the direction that you would like to take your career, the better. Forethought and planning can help make the decision making process easier earlier on in your career. The first thing you need to remember is that you will likely not start off at the top of the ladder, but rather that you will need to work your way up to your goal career position.

One of the primary considerations when deciding on the directionality of your career is education requirements. Are there special degrees or certificates that you will need to advance your career and where are they available? Time may be a factor, especially if you are already working in the career field of your choice. There may be options of night schools or correspondence courses to get the degrees and certificates necessary to advance your career.

By defining your goals as clearly as possible, armed with information, you can set a course for career fulfillment and find a time frame that will suit your needs and career advancement.

Deciding on the direction you would like to take your career in is not an easy decision to make, nor one you should make hastily. Take your time and clearly define where you want to be in one year, three years, five years and ten years. Research for information to help you understand what you will need to accomplish to meet these goals.

Self-employment tax (SE tax) is a social security and
Medicare tax primarily for individuals who work for
themselves. It is similar to the social security and
Medicare taxes withheld from the pay of most wage earners.

To calculate SE tax use Schedule SE (Form 1040). You can
deduct half of your SE tax in figuring your adjusted gross
income.

SE tax rate
The self-employment tax rate is 15.3%. The rate
consists of two parts: 12.4% for social security (old-age,
survivors, and disability insurance) and 2.9% for Medicare
(hospital insurance).

Maximum earning subject to SE tax
Only the first $90,000 of combined wages, tips, and net
earnings is currently subject to any combination of the
12.4% social security part of SE tax, social security tax.
All your combined wages, tips, and net earnings in 2005,
of at least $400, are subject to any combination of the
2.9% Medicare part of SE tax, social security tax.

Fiscal year filer
If you use a tax year other than the calendar year,
you must use the tax rate and maximum earnings limit
in effect at the beginning of your tax year. Even if
the tax rate or maximum earnings limit changes during
your tax year, continue to use the same rate and
limit throughout your tax year.

Self-employment tax deduction
You can deduct half of your SE tax in figuring your adjusted
gross income. This deduction only affects your income tax.
It does not affect either your net earnings from self-employment
or your SE tax.

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Jerry Durham has been in business as
Opportunity To Succeed since the fall of 2003, offering newsletters, ebooks, ecourses and ideas you need to start, manage, & grow your online business, with strategies, downloads, & artilces written by professionals.

About the Author

Jerry Durham has been in business as
Opportunity To Succeed since the fall of 2003, offering newsletters, ebooks, ecourses and ideas you need to start, manage, & grow your online business, with strategies, downloads, & artilces written by professionals.