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It's been in the low 50's here lately. Crocuses are popping up all over the place, flowering trees are budding, and we're gaining minutes of daylight every day. I'm just hoping we don't get any last-minute winter weather in the next month because right now every fiber of my being is screaming...

Are you talking about your tax filing status on the W-4 or your actual tax return for 2015?

We've had basically no measurable snow, at least in the part of town I live in. One area had a couple of inches but it didn't stick around very long. We actually could use MORE snow...the snowpack on the mountains (which melts & runs into the lakes where we get our water) is quite low for the...

I don't know, it seems pretty difficult for some people. It's pretty much a constant battle around here to a) get the employees to fill them out correctly and b)get the supervisors to pay attention when they sign off on them so when there is an issue they can go directly to their employee and...

I have been working with the payroll for 25 years, the first 20 doing it myself and the last 5 supervising the person doing it, and always semi-monthly, and have never found it a pain. We have a very simple payroll, only 140 employees, 99% of whom are paid on a salaried basis, so that's...

I don't get why some people dislike semi-monthly pay. When I first started here we were paid monthly on the last working day with a dinky little "draw" at mid-month. I was thrilled when we switched to semi-monthly and I could split my bills up between the mid-month and month-end payrolls. I...

That's just crazy. Why would you do that for one individual? Is she related to the owner or something?

Here's an example I can give you. It happened in Alaska and the kids' ages are slightly different, but this is firsthand, real life knowledge: In 1972, when my boyfriend was 15 and I was almost 17, we "had" to get married. What was legally required in order for us to be allowed to marry was to...

Sure! It's a nice big house, I could probably accommodate a few visitors! :) We do have a fantastic view. I lived in the same neighborhood, about a block away, for the first 13 years of my life but as a child I didn't appreciate the beauty of the area nearly as much as I do now. And I don't...

I'm excited to experience the fall/winter seasons in my new house. It's only about a mile from my old house, but the old house is in a valley and the new one is up on a hill and I didn't realize how differently the weather can affect the different parts of town. We've got an amazing 180-degree...

I agree with Elle. Regardless of the technicalities of whether or not the relationship is considered to be a "family member", if they have filled that position in the person's life you can have just as many issues arise as if they were actually related. In this case, since it is the employee's...

Driving without a license is still illegal, no matter how noble (driving your drunken friends) your cause is!

Yep, just busy here as well. Every goofy thing that could happen or go wrong has been lately!

If you're the one taking the child to the appointment, obviously when it was changed somebody should have let you know the new appointment date. However, it doesn't sound like the dentist's office knows who changed it, so you don't seem to have any direct evidence that it was the child's father...

I agree. I've seen people try to go back to court pretty much every year to attempt to change custody or visitation, most of the times for absolute nonsense reasons. I heard one judge say that if he allowed people to change their custody/visitation agreements every time they asked, he'd spend...

I hate it when employees seem to think it's their job to second-guess what the boss really wants or whether the boss is right in what they are telling them. I hear fairly often from either a frustrated manager who's dealing with someone like that, or an employee who thinks that have to check...

I love these types of lists. If I hadn't experienced a few of these myself, I would think people were making them up! I have to admit I'm also guilty of one of them myself...I sent my sister on a job interview that was set up for me. I can't believe now that I did it, but it was probably...

No, if an account is a joint account, either signer can access the available funds at any time, with or without the knowledge of the other signer.

I agree! Our jury duty policy includes witness duty...perhaps it's time to consider making a change to your jury duty policy to include other types of court subpoenas.

No, not the PFD. The PFD doesn't require information regarding the other parent of the child and doesn't involve Child Support Services. However, if she has applied for any of the forms of state/federal aid that Betty mentioned (public assistance, food stamps, etc.) she would be required to...