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Arizona Employment Law: Two Weeks’ Notice And Severance Agreements All About Two Weeks’ Notices & Severance Agreements In Arizona The end of an employment situation can be tricky for both the employer and the employee. An employee that is...
How To Enforce A Non-Compete In Arizona? All About The Enforceability Of Non-Compete Agreements In Arizona Employers require their employees to sign non-compete agreements in hopes of restricting the employees from using the relationships (with other employees, vendors, and customers)...
Important Employment Update Overtime Exemption Salary Increase Put On Hold The Department of Labor’s regulation set to increase the Salary Requirement for employees to be exempt from overtime will not go into effect on December 1, 2016. Court Ruling: On...
2016 Employment Law Update For Arizona Employers This year has brought many changes to the laws regarding how much employers must pay their employees, particularly in Arizona. Because these changes can lead to confusion, below is a summary of the...
How can I minimize my business’s exposure to employment lawsuits? One of the biggest concerns for any employer is unknown liabilities. One of the most commonly feared unknown liabilities is litigation. If a company is not adequately prepared, even a...
I think I was wrongfully terminated? What now? If you have been fired from your job, how do you know if the termination was legal or illegal? An illegal firing is called a wrongful termination. In Arizona, most employment is...
Smoking in the Workplace Many questions arise about smoking in the workplace. Do employers have a legal right to prohibit their employees from smoking while at work? When and where does the law allow employees to smoke? The law does...
Ageism and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 Dr. Robert Butler, who died in 2010, is recognized around the world as the first to coin the term “ageism.” Butler worked throughout his life to help the elderly and...
North Carolina’s HB2 In March 2016, North Carolina's Governor Pat McCrory signed into law HB2 or the Public Facility Privacy and Security Act. The Act requires that in government buildings individuals must use restrooms that correspond to the gender listed...
The Fair Labor Standards Act and the Supreme Court Case Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, 579 U.S. ___ (2016) A recent Supreme Court case, Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, decided on June 20, 2016, attempted to resolve an interesting question...
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