TOP DRAWER INK NEWSLETTER

 

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December 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 24
ISSN 1554-6330

In this issue:

1. Carpenter Country
2. Top Drawer Article
3. Top Drawer Tips
4. Top Drawer Satire

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CARPENTER COUNTRY
What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human Experience

 

It’s December 15th, and the shopping is done. The gifts are wrapped. The office is decorated and most of the parties and cookie exchanges are over.

Now, as we wait for St. Nick to slide down the chimney, all that’s left to finish up are a few community service jobs. Then it’s on to enjoying Christmas Eve, Christmas Day - and welcoming in the New Year.

Here in Carpenter Country, we can hardly believe the year is almost gone. But as the saying goes: Time flies when you’re having fun.

Thanks for staying with us through 2007. We hope you’ve been entertained by our essays, found our tips and articles informative, enjoyed the humor in our satires.

Here’s wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And for a dear friend who’s had some sad, bad days lately – a great big wish for only good days from now on.

See you in 2008.

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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE

An Increase in Florida's Minimum Wage
by
HL Carpenter

 

Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa Claus is coming to town. Though he’ll be in the Sunshine State only one day, if you’re a Florida employer you can extend the glad tidings into the New Year.

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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits

 

Tip: If your business is subject to minimum wage laws, you must post a notice where your employees work informing them of the current state and Federal minimum wage rates. Posters with the required information can be downloaded for free at your state workforce web site and the US Department of Labor web site, or you can purchase them through various office supply vendors.

Glossary Term: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). A federal law establishing minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards for full- and part-time workers employed by businesses, as well as those working for federal, state, and local governments. As of July 24, 2007, covered nonexempt workers are entitled to a federal minimum wage of $5.85 per hour. The federal rate is scheduled to rise to $6.55 per hour on July 24, 2008, and $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009. Overtime pay of 1-1/2 times the regular rate of pay is required after 40 hours of work in a workweek.

Financial Horoscope: Saving money is difficult – and important – no matter the amount of your income. No one likes to cut back, do without, or feel deprived, and that aversion only increases during the holidays. Yet you don’t have to view being on a budget and establishing a regular schedule of saving as a matter of deprivation. Instead, like a dieting and exercise program, regard fiscal responsibility as a measured course toward a desired goal. In both cases, your attitude influences your progress and eventual success.

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TOP DRAWER SATIRE

A Plague of Joy
by
HL Carpenter

 

The US Centers for Frivolity Control (CFC) has issued an annual seasonal warning to Americans: Be prepared for an outbreak of joy and good cheer.

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