Amendment 4 was originally proposed in 2003, during the height of Florida’s development boom and strongest economy in decades. It was designed to slow growth or stop it completely by requiring that every amendment to local comprehensive plans would be put to a vote of
Effective July 1, 2011, the Florida Legislature enacted amendments to Chapter 443 of the Florida Statutes governing unemployment compensation benefits and taxes. Prior to the July 1, 2011 amendment, many employers complained about an employee being able to receive unemployment benefits even though the employee
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An article on overtime compensation authored by Partner, Christina Harris Schwinn has been published in the Northeastern University Law Journal. The article was adopted from Schwinn’s thesis for the Employment Law LL. M. Program at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. The article titled, “Half-Time or Time
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) oversees the enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) and is authorized to promulgate rules enforcing the NLRA. As a matter of background, the NLRA is the federal law that protects an employee’s right, among other rights, to
Date Published: 2010-04-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn On April 1, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a press release in which it announced a new DOL website. The website – www.dol.gov/wecanhelp/ -- is part and parcel of the DOL’s public outreach and education program that
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (“Act”) requires employers to provide employees with a workplace that is safe from recognized hazards. The type of industry determines what an employer must do to comply with the Act. Construction industry employers should be very familiar with the
Date Published: 2007-05-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn Over the last 30 plus years, many of us have witnessed major technological advances that many of the younger generation take for granted (of course, those of us who remember the advent of the fax machine remember our parents saying
Date Published: 2012-03-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn Depending on your perspective, social media can either be a drain on productivity or a great promotional opportunity for businesses. Either way, social media has made its way into the workplace. While being valuable new tools of the trade for
Date Published: 2010-09-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn The Occupational Safety and Health Act (“Act”) requires employers to provide employees with a workplace that is safe from recognized hazards. The type of industry determines what an employer must do to comply with the Act. Construction industry employers should