Employee-based liability is associated with how you hire your employees, treat them while employed, what they do while they are employed, and firing them. Your potential liability in this area generally include three different sub-categories (1) labor law related, (2) vicarious liability, and (3) unlawful hiring and firing.  This is just a quick over view…

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Employees who are laid off in the mid to later part of their career are becoming competition for their former employer.  Employees who were not valued enough to keep are opening shop next door.  Starting a new business in itself is overwhelming, but add to it a struggling economy, no available credit, legal formation issues,…

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Hiring freezes and layoffs are not the only way to cut costs.  Cutting hours of your employees and making them an independent contractor may not only save you money but allow your personnel to retain a stream of income.  WARNING: A common mistake made by employers or any business owners is to consider someone as…

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Now that Twitter, Facebook and blogging are second-nature to much of the working public, business policies regarding these practices outside the workplace are becoming more and more common.  Depending on the size of your business, what your employees do can effect not only your reputation but the protection of trade secrets and other confidential information….

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Smart hiring can not only help your business success but also help protect you legally.  If you have employees, you probably already know that paid personnel are more than just worker bees in your office following the queen bee.   They have the power and means to expose your business to significant liability. Your business…

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