In this day and age, employers routinely store confidential employee information electronically. This information may consist of employees' names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, birth dates and bank account information.

Twelve years ago, I wrote a book that embraced the gospel of work-life balance. Melding personal experience and research about burnout, I recommended a way to prevent others from hitting the wall.

For the past few months, I have been a case study for transferable career skills.

Shonda Moralis discovered mindfulness-based therapy after some years as a psychotherapist.

A newcomer to political office, Congresswoman Susan Wild talks about the shutdown, her role in mentoring and how compromise is not a dirty word.

Four prominent Lehigh Valley engineers and members of the Lehigh Valley Society of Women Engineers recently shared some of their insights on the profession.

More than 50 startups and early-stage entrepreneurs in the Lehigh Valley have won grants from Lehigh Valley LaunchBox, created in 2015 under a Penn State program designed to support innovative business ideas.

For the longest time, when a new banking technology or service offering gained steam and customers began seeking it out, banks reacted by building their own proprietary solutions in-house. Big banks could handle this approach because they had scale and deeper resources in their corner; meanwhile, community banks were challenged or slow to provide offerings because of a lack of scale and shallower resources.

Since small businesses are not “one size fits all,” it makes sense that the banking solutions available to them are not either. Therefore, it is important that business owners carefully assess all banking options before choosing a business bank.

Alvernia University in Reading has announced the appointment of Glynis Fitzgerald as the new provost.