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Growing Your Staff: What It Means for Legal Obligations
If you need to hire additional employees, it means your business is good. You’re probably well aware of the additional costs for each new employee—wages, ... -
Valentine’s Day in the Workplace: Do’s and Don’ts
Each year, February 14 presents a challenge for business owners. How much celebrating should be encouraged or barred? What dating policies are in place or ... -
Crime and Small Business: Are There Solutions?
Small businesses face an array of crimes—both physical and virtual. They may experience burglars, robberies, vandalism, shoplifting, employee theft, embezzlement, or other fraud. According to ... -
What Agreements Employers Can and Can’t Have Employees Sign
Contracts and agreements are SOP (standard operating procedure) for businesses. This is so regardless of the amount of revenue, the number of employees, or any ... -
A New Look at Your Retirement Plan
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 , which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, made a number of changes impacting qualified retirement plans and ... -
Election Results: Impact on Your Workplace and Your Business
November 8th was Election Day. Who knows what impact a new Congress will have on your business; it’s too early to tell. But voters across ... -
How Important Is ESG to Small Businesses?
How does your company measure up when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance? For publicly-traded corporations, ESG is a big deal and ... -
Your Driving Policies
Do you have business-owned vehicles that employees use company business? Do you require employees to use their own vehicles for business driving? Whichever option applies ... -
Is Your Website ADA Compliant?
It’s been 32 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. Several years ago, we had a blog that addressed the problem of making ... -
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in the Inflation Reduction Act
On August 12, 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (I.R.A.), a $739 billion measure intended to bring down inflation, encourage green energy activities to ... -
Free Speech in the Workplace
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that the government will not interfere with the free exercise of religion or limit free speech. But ... -
Startup Ideas for Success: Get the Licenses and Permits You Need
When you go into business, the government is your silent partner in more ways than one. The government takes a chunk of your profits in ... -
Agreements with Employees
When you hire a worker, you effectively have an agreement that you’ll pay the worker for the work performed and treat the worker fairly. But ... -
Counting the Hours: What Is Compensable?
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), you must pay workers subject to minimum wage rules for the time that work is performed. This ... -
Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Reporting for Your Business?
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting is a report a business generates about its environmental, social, and governance impact. It’s usually done by public companies ... -
What’s a Registered Agent and Do You Need One?
If your business is a corporation—whether a regular C corporation or an S corporation—you may want or need to use a registered agent. The same ... -
Recovery Strategies: Getting Out of Your Commercial Lease
The pandemic made a seismic shift in where workers work. Many companies now allow or require employees to work from home on a regular basis ... -
Can or Should You Use Noncompete Agreements
Noncompete agreements are legal contracts between a business and another person—typically an employee or independent contractor—to bar a worker to compete with the business. Noncompete ...
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