The U.S. has only undergone a contingent election on three occasions: 1801, to elect President Thomas Jefferson. Then in 1825 to pick President John Quincy Adams. Finally in 1837 to elect Vice ...

Today, the ability to hire and retain talent is top of mind in the C-suite, with more than three out every four executives saying it’s the most critical factor to achieving growth. As the focus on ...

At first, employers may decide to focus diversity and inclusion initiatives primarily on employees. That approach, however, may put those initiatives at risk of ignoring a large segment of workers who ...

A secondary beneficiary, also called a contingent beneficiary, is a person or entity entitled to get a distribution of assets from an estate or trust after the estate owner’s death if the primary ...

Since the start of the pandemic, businesses have experienced a series of challenges: supply chain disruption, labor market shifts, geo-political instability, inflation and now recession. Even before ...

There are two major categories of employees in the American workforce: core employees and contingent employees. According to the Advisory Council of the U.S. Department of Labor, contingent employees ...

A contingent beneficiary can help ensure that your assets, trusts and insurance payouts go to the parties you want them to go to. What is a contingent beneficiary? Whether setting up a financial ...

Accruing a likely contingent liability is part of responsible earnings management. Although you aren't likely to find the term "earnings management" in an accounting dictionary, the American Institute ...

Although a small number of contingent offers fall through, it still happens. These are some of the most common reasons deals don’t make it to the finish line. The buyer can go through financial ...

Representations and warranties insurance (“R&W Insurance”) has been increasingly used in corporate transactions to facilitate successful negotiations. R&W Insurance is an insurance policy purchased by ...

A contingent value right, or CVR, is a type of derivative whose value is based on some future event. If the event occurs by a specified date, then the CVR distributes a pre-determined payout, often in ...