This article continues a series which puts forth general advice about HIPAA compliance; this particular article focuses on administrative requirements for keeping your business in compliance with the statute and its rules. It also notes that...
This article discusses the need for businesses to treat unpaid interns like interns and not like paid employees and the consequences for misclassifying interns, and lays out the federal test for determining whether an internship program and interns...
Page 13 of this newsletter contains an article clarifying when employers are required to permit firearms on company property when drafting their policies. The article points out why OSHA seems to lack authority in this area but notes that state...
This article reviews the federal rules surrounding deferred compensation paid to either employees or independent contractors. It highlights the distinction in the Tax Code between qualified and nonqualified deferred compensation plans and...
This article discusses some of the legal and practical benefits, particularly for small businesses and start-ups, of providing employment perks, such as free meals, gym memberships, flexible schedules, or even allowing pets into work, as opposed to...
This article focuses on commission agreements, with words of wisdom for both employees working on commission and employers paying employees on commission. The specific advice is that these agreements should be clear about when commissions are...
America's persistently high unemployment (relative to its historical norms) has been a vexing policy question for economists in Washington (and, really, around the globe). This article looks at small businesses' contributions (or lack thereof)...
This article concerns the results of a recent lawsuit involving an employer's obligations to an employee who injured their finger at work and ultimately had that finger amputated. The article shares the appellate court's opinion in the lawsuit...
This article relates the facts of a case before a California court about the ownership rights and value of an employee-operated company Twitter account (and its followers). It also examines how this lawsuit illustrates the increasingly...
Hiring employees for your small business presents a host of new legal challenges; this article aims to provide some guidance through these challenges by providing a checklist of the big issues which can raise legal issues for your business in this...