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CJ Schmidt III, Esq and Brian P. Gillan, Esq.
Discussion of various cases in 2007 related to employment law. Please click here for the complete Employment Law 2007 Update handbook. Please contact Rayan Coutinho at rfcoutinho@woodlamping.com if you would like copies of the presentation as well.
admin @ December 28, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Timothy A. Garry Jr., Esq.
Employers must decide whether to host a holiday party for employees, and if so, whether and how to serve alcohol at the party. Michael R. Frone, Ph.D., the principal investigator of a recent study of alcohol in the workplace, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and […]
admin @ December 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Julie R. Pugh, Esq.
On April 23, 2004, the Department of Labor issued the Federal Register covering the Final Rule on Defining and Delimiting the Exceptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees, effective August 23, 2004. Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 79 at 22122, 29 C.F.R. Part 541. The modifications […]
admin @ December 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Heather D. Walsh, Esq.
Everyone employed in the United States must have legal authorization to work in the U.S. This authorization is generally seen in the form of US citizenship. However, if a potential employee is not a US citizen how can you protect yourself and ensure that anyone you hire is legally […]
admin @ December 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Rayan F. Coutinho
Introduction
There is no law that requires an employer to provide employees with a handbook. However, the employee handbook has become an extremely important document. It is a type of preventative medicine and can also serve as a good business planning tool. Many employers find it useful to distribute written manuals outlining company […]
admin @ December 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Rayan F. Coutinho
Inadequate capitalization is one of the factors considered by courts in piercing the corporate veil and holding a parent corporation liable for the debts and obligations of its subsidiary corporation. “Inadequate capitalization” for the purposes of piercing the corporate veil, is defined as capitalization that is very small in relation to […]
admin @ December 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
By Rayan Felix Coutinho
Brands are everywhere these days – in your neighborhood supermarket, in your newspaper, in the SME® magazine and in this Queen City BulletinTM. Development of a brand through advertising, promotion and sales would be extremely difficult without the concept of trademarks. In its simplest sense, a trademark is a “source identifier” i.e. […]