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...Janet Lasley has always been a pretty impressive boss. President of Lasley Construction, a home-renovation-and-restoration business she founded 14 years ago in Rocky Hill, N.J., she taught herself sign language to communicate with one of her first employees, who was hearing impaired. When she cracked her spine on the job 12 years ago, Lasley hired two extra workers and managed them from bed. After she recovered, she kept the replacements on and found enough new work to keep everybody busy. In 1995 Lasley took another big step--one that is rare in the world of small construction...
...Lasley's action is still unusual, but that may be changing fast. Interest in retirement plans is on the rise among small businesses, largely because of a number of important changes in the business climate. The Federal Government has created a simple retirement plan designed for small businesses, the financial industry has begun to use the Internet to help companies administer their plans, and there is a growing recognition by managers that offering retirement benefits is key to recruiting in a tight labor market...
...Lasley first signed up her construction company for a 401(k) plan in 1995, when SIMPLE wasn't available. She and her staff bravely struggled through the administrative work and rules that accompany a plan designed for businesses that had whole departments dedicated to payroll and benefits. In the end, she relied on the services of an office manager and an outsourced payroll program to administer the benefit. Last year her staff voted to switch to the SIMPLE. In addition to offering easier administration, Lasley says, the SIMPLE was attractive because it doesn't have strict rules about what percentage...
...Kennedy, Bobby Crim and several other regulars on the defensive backfield are likely to carry the ball as the afternoon wears on; so will Steve Brown and Bob Lasley, who kicked the winning point against Wayne last week...
Yale-trained Editor Lasley is also head of a research firm, which makes readership surveys for other magazines and advertisers. Parade constantly investigates how many of its readers read what, and how much of it. Example: a batch of ten humorous drawings is submitted to 100 or more random persons in several cities. The top three in such a popularity poll will be those Parade prints...