March 16, 2018
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Attorney Chene’ Thompson comments on Florida’s Judicial Hellhole Rankings Report
Business Observer – March 9, 2018 Read the full article: “Hell Bound”
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March 13, 2018
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Coming Soon: The U.S. Department of Labor’s PAID Pilot Program
What does PAID Stand for? Payroll Audit Independent Determination. What is the PAID Program’s purpose? This pilot program is intended to test the efficiency of a self-reporting program to correct wage hour violations discovered by an employer and to create a mechanism whereby the employer may correct violations
March 13, 2018
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Junior Achievement of SWFL, Board Chair, Christina Harris Schwinn discusses Volunteer-Based Programs
Gulfshore Business - March 2018 Read the full article: "Mentoring our Future Leaders"
January 24, 2018
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U.S. Department of Labor Backs Away From its Onerous Internship Standard and Adopts Primary Beneficiary Test
In January of this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) updated its standard for determining when an intern qualifies as an intern or is actually an employee. This new standard provides for a new flexible standard that is consistent with numerous court rulings over
January 15, 2018
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Sexual Harassment Could Be 2018’s Hottest Topic
The only reason there is so much focus on this issue is because as each day goes by, more and more women are coming forward about their own experiences with sexual harassment and making allegations against powerful and prominent men. These women are getting plenty
September 15, 2017
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Will the Repeal of DACA Impact Your Business? Maybe.
If your business employs workers who were granted work authorizations under President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ("DACA"), read on. On September 5, 2017, President Trump issued an executive order that sunsets the DACA program in six months unless Congress acts to pass a
September 14, 2017
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New Florida Law May Preempt Local Architectural and Signage Regulations
House Bill 1021 prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that conflict with corporate trademarks, logos, color patterns, or branding of business activities related to gas stations or other franchises. That means that some commercial franchises or gas stations may be able to show
May 31, 2017
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The Benefit of a Wage Hour Audit
Why Conduct a Wage Hour Audit? Simply put, to identify whether your business has improperly classified any employee as being exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938’s (“FLSA”) provisions regarding the payment of overtime. In 2016 alone, the U.S. Department of Labor collected more
May 8, 2017
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Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 Would Authorize Comp Time in the Private Sector
The United states House of Representatives recently passed the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 (“Proposed Act”). For the first time in the history of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”) if the Proposed Act becomes law, a private sector employer
May 8, 2017
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Deadlock Amongst Shareholders…..Now What?
When a small group of shareholders owning an equal percentage of a company’s stock cannot agree upon the future direction or operation of the business, a deadlock can arise amongst them. Many local and small, family-owned businesses in Florida operate as closely held corporations, or