Business owners frequently clash with the IRS over whether workers should be considered employees or independent contractors. You face a higher tax burden when workers are considered employees. To help you determine a worker’s status, use this 20-question test, which has evolved from various court cases and IRS rulings over the years. Most questions relate […]
PILOT FATIGUE! Not A Good Thing!!
In the many different facets of aviation, fatigue can certainly be a detriment and even fatal! Long days, high operations tempo, stress of operations in high traffic areas or low level flight can really intensify the effects of fatigue on pilots. What is fatigue? IN AC120-103 (FAA Circular of Fatigue Risk Management Systems)) the Federal […]
HAZARDS Inside Your Car!
Umbrellas, cell phones, cups, and golf balls all could be lethal weapons! It’s one thing to buckle up the kids in their car seats, but what about the family dog and all those items that find their way to the back seat floor? In a head on collision, traveling at just 35 mile per hour, […]
AVOIDING DEER ACCIDENTS
In a typical year, Iowa drivers report thousands of vehicle collisions with deer. It seems that any season is deer season and because of their increased activity deer-vehicle accidents happen all year long. Evening and dawn are the most likely times for deer- vehicle collisions. The following information and precautionary tactics are provided to help […]