by Jennifer Vuillermet | Oct 5, 2020 | COVID-19 / Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Legal Risk
Despite the havoc COVID-19 has wreaked on our lives and productivity, the state of California has not slowed down its rate of adopting new employment laws. Indeed, Governor Newsom recently signed seventeen employment-related bills into law. All new laws will go into...
by Mimi Soule | Mar 13, 2020 | Americans with Disabilities Act, COVID-19 / Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Discrimination, Employee Leave, FMLA, Legal Risk, OSHA/Safety, Wage and Hour
All employers, no matter how small, are required under NC and federal law to provide a safe working environment for their employees. To meet this legal obligation, employers should create a plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to avoid exposing employees and...
by Mimi Soule | Nov 14, 2019 | Compliance, Legal Risk, Wage and Hour
As a small business owner, I work with – and network with – many business advisors and coaches. And I keep hearing that I need to schedule time before the end of the year to focus on analyzing my business efforts in 2019 and update my business plan for...
by Soule Employment Law | May 1, 2019 | Employment Agreement, Legal Risk
“Oh, my back, my back, my neck and my back. Oh, I want 150,000 thousand—but we can settle out of court right now for twenty bucks.”—Ezal (Friday) In reviewing employment agreements lately, we often see a paragraph requiring an employee to arbitrate...
by Mimi Soule | Mar 17, 2019 | Employment Policies, Legal Risk, Wage and Hour
Well…as expected…it’s happening again.On March 7, 2019, the US DOL submitted a new proposed overtime rule to the Office of the Federal Register for publication that will…again…seek to increase the salary basis for certain exempt...
by Mimi Soule | Oct 1, 2018 | Employment Policies, Legal Risk
Checklists are Integral to Small BusinessesThere are two primary checklists that all small businesses need to create in order to simplify their processes and ensure legal compliance: New Hire ChecklistSeparation from Employment ChecklistCheck out the New Hire...
