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How Legal Outsourcing Can Improve Health & Wellness There are numerous benefits that legal professionals can receive from utilizing legal outsourcing services and delegating various aspects of their caseloads to qualified specialists. Legal outsourcing ...

Most employers and employees know what “at-will employment” means.  Essentially, the “at-will” employment doctrine states that an employee can quit a job whenever they want, and an employer can also terminate an employee for any reason without notice ...

Republished: NY State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Electronically In Touch e-newsletter  Legal compliance is a significant part of running any business. Even if you are an attorney who is a solo practitioner or you work for a small law firm that ...

Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et. al, 137 S.Ct. 2290 (June 26, 2017). The case involves a Colorado baker’s refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a law that was enacted in 1938 and guarantees a minimum wage for all hours worked. The Act also requires that an employee work no more than 40 hours per week. If an employee works more than 40 hours a week, the ...

Some may think that transgendered issues are novel and just now receiving public attention because it is the newest activist topic to pursue. But, that could not be further from the truth. There are historical accounts of the existence of transgendered people ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are familiar with the protests that are taking place during NFL games- the “take a knee phenomenon.” The movement has gathered so much support that even some celebrities and public figures have posted photos ...

My parents always intimated that the ultimate measure of success is obtaining a job that is “secure.” You know…one of those good government jobs…with great benefits. My parents were born in the 1940s. Regarding livelihood, their attitudes were likely ...

Anyone who has conducted a job interview, or who has been interviewed knows how stressful the process can be. The interviewer is often stressed because they must walk a fine line between conducting a comprehensive interview and adequately vetting any ...

Employers typically endorse the use of social media in the workplace for professional or job-related use because it can encourage communication, collaborative exchange of ideas, and employee engagement with co-workers and supervisors. Employee use of social ...

Just a couple short weeks ago, the New York Times published an explosive article about film producer Harvey Weinstein, revealing allegations of sexual harassment that spanned decades and accusations of him engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior toward ...

In 2016, before his impending departure, President Obama declared October “Domestic Violence Awareness Month.” The U.S. Department of Justice has defined domestic violence as “a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one ...