Regulations
Today I will be enjoying one of my favorite days of the year. . . . Convocation Day at the University of Minnesota. It is the day we welcome the new students to the University of Minnesota and as one of the 12 people appointed by the State Legislature to serve on the governing board…
Read MoreA couple of things came to my attention last week that made me again think about the staffing issue facing funeral homes across the country. While I am no longer on the front lines in looking for licensed staff, I do hear from my colleagues that hiring and retaining professional funeral home licensed staff is…
Read MoreWhat to do with a funeral home that has “become outdated and closed due to a drop in demand?” That is the question that seems to have an answer from most of us and, in particular, the owner in this case Service Corporation International (SCI). I’m guessing that most of us would put the building…
Read MoreFor the 30+ years that I operated our family owned funeral home I had to deal with a maximum of about 17 employees or teammates at work at any given time. You got to know all of them real well and as the manager of a small firm you really understood what was happening under…
Read MoreWe learned yesterday that the Trump administration Department of Justice has filed another brief in support of the funeral home that will have its case on transgender discrimination heard by the Supreme Court this fall. The case, which we highlighted in a Funeral Director Daily article that you can read here earlier this year, is…
Read MoreThe Tulsa World reported in an article that you can read here that an arrest was made last Wednesday, July 31, in connection with a fire that destroyed the Dyer Memorial Chapel, then at 1610 East Apache Street in Tulsa, in 2015. According to the newspaper the suspect was booked into the Tulsa County Jail…
Read MoreMarijuana still remains a Schedule 1 drug under the federal Controlled Substance Act. However, many states have approved the medical use of marijuana. So, what does that mean to you as an employer or you as an employee? In most instances courts will back the federal law. However, some states have started to back employees…
Read MoreJust about every day when we peruse articles to opine on we can find articles that pertain to cemeteries and crematories and the problems they seem to cause to just everyday people. You might argue that some of these issues are pretty petty and could be easily fixed, however, to the consumers they bother they…
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