Three Elements to Strengthen Non-Compete Clauses
Non-competition clauses are common in employment contracts. They’re designed to keep employees from working for competitors for a period of time after leaving a company. One of the many legitimate uses...
View ArticleDon’t Let Trade Secrets Leave With Departing Employees
What precautions does your company take so that employees leaving their jobs don’t take your trade secrets to competitors? The courts are filled with cases of former employees stealing proprietary...
View ArticleEmployer Warning: Family-Duty Discrimination Targets Parents & Caregivers
Mothers of young children are almost twice as likely to be employed today than their counterparts were 30 years ago, according to the EEOC. In addition to childcare duties, many of today’s employees...
View ArticleCan You Fire Someone Simply Because Of A Bad Attitude?
Know the laws before dismissing problem employees. Question Working with a disgruntled employee is hard on management and coworkers alike. But can you fire someone simply because of a bad attitude?...
View ArticleEmployee, Partner or Both? Recent Developments Help You Decide
Are you an employee, a partner, a partner who doesn’t know it — or a combination of these classifications? The answer can have serious tax implications. If you participate in a business that’s operated...
View ArticleCures Act Approves HRAs for Small Employers
On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act. In addition to funding medical research, accelerating cutting-edge treatments for rare diseases and adding significant...
View ArticleSmart Tips For Handling Employee Salaries
Salaries are a major, and sometimes difficult, expense to control. You want to keep them down without reining them in so tightly that you risk losing good employees to the competition and paying a...
View ArticleYour Employee Handbook: 10 Critical Issues
Important Points for Handbooks An employee handbook serves as a guide for managers and employees alike. When well-written and prepared it can help avoid conflict and head off potential problems. A good...
View ArticlePrevent Danger in the Workplace
No company is immune from violence in the workplace. There are many types of workplace violence. Among the headline grabbing examples past have been: A former OC Transport employee gunned down four...
View ArticleSelective Open-Door Policy: Burning Bridges Isn’t Always the Best
Sometimes even the best employees quit because they wonder what it might be like to work for another company. Perhaps, they want a better salary, more benefits, or a change of scenery. In some cases,...
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