Blog Posts in 2010
Posted on Dec 27, 2010 By Charles Curley
Winding down a company during these tough economic times can be quite difficult. A company's decision makers need to be careful to use any available cash for the best interest of the company and its ...
Continue reading "Personal Liability under Pennsylvania's Wage Payment Law " »
Posted on Dec 24, 2010 By Charles Curley
With so many employee discrimination cases decided by what's in the personnel file, you would think that employers would take better care at ensuring accuracy. Sure, you can be certain to have the ...
Continue reading "Tis' the Season: Year-End Employee Evaluations" »
Posted on Dec 13, 2010 By Charles Curley
It's a tough spot for employers. The concept of "free speech" even if it doesn't really exist in a constitutional sense in a private workplace, is very much a part of American culture. So, companies ...
Continue reading "Disciplining Employees over Social Networking " »
Posted on Dec 8, 2010 By Charles Curley
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) offers a lot of coverage. At least that is the way that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sees it. In a recent case the EEOC took up a ...
Continue reading "A Broad Interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act " »
Posted on Nov 30, 2010 By Charles Curley
Over the holidays you may get a call from a friend or a relative looking for some work for her college aged son or daughter to (let's be kind) boost the resume. The closer is: he'll work for ...
Continue reading "Make Sure Your Volunteer Workers are Real Volunteers " »
Posted on Nov 29, 2010 By Charles Curley
There are generally two ways for a business to make more money: increase revenues or reduce expenses. As you do a little year end reflection on these two aspects of your company consider having some ...
Continue reading "Year End Review: Do You have an Embezzlement Problem? " »
Posted on Nov 22, 2010 By Charles Curley
Aside from being asked if we know any tricks to avoid jury duty (and we don't--so don't ask), the other jury question that we handle from time-to-time is whether an employee should be paid during her ...
Continue reading "Jury Duty and Employment Rights " »
Posted on Nov 17, 2010 By Charles Curley
It's a good idea to get off on the right foot in an employment relationship. It's even more important to get it in writing. In a very recent case from the Federal District Court of New Jersey, Qile ...
Continue reading "Make Sure it's in the Employment Agreement " »
Posted on Nov 15, 2010 By Charles Curley
Employer and employees alike are often unclear on the impact that paying or accepting severance has on the right to receive unemployment compensation. A recent Commonwealth Court decision in ...
Continue reading "Severance Packages and Unemployment Benefits " »
Posted on Nov 12, 2010 By Charles Curley
Employers cannot be too careful in their communications with employees, especially when it relates to retirement decisions. Recently the Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an ERISA ruling in ...
Continue reading "Pitfalls of Employee Communications " »