Archive | Employment Law
02
Nov

HR Seminars: Florida Medical Marijuana and Its Impact on the Workplace

Guest post by Robert C. Shearman, Esquire, Henderson Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. (Fort Myers): While the infrastructure and implementing regulations are ramping up for the new law and the industry it will spawn, employers may be well served to use the time now to survey their approach to the law. Will the new law […]

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13
Oct

HR Seminars: Transparency, Efficiency and the EEOC Portal System

Guest post by Susan Smith Erdelyi, Esquire, Marks Gray, Jacksonville Did you know that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is becoming paperless? That’s right. The agency now uses a portal for employer position statements and no longer accepts paper documents from employers. So, if your employer/client is still mailing paper documents to the EEOC, it’s […]

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03
Oct

HR Seminars: What You Need to Know About Employment Dispute Arbitration

Guest post by: Michael Schofield, Esq., Clark Partington (Pensacola, FL) Traditionally, when an employer and employee have a dispute over working conditions, terms, pay, or whatever, the employee quits or is fired, the employer then receives notice of a pending claim, either through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the EEOC), or the state’s agency, and […]

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26
Sep

HR Seminars: Deductions From Employees’ Salaries May Lead to Liability

Guest post by: Jeff Wilcox, Esq., Hill Ward Henderson (Tampa, FL) Are you making deductions from your exempt employees’ pay? If so, you may lose the right to classify the employee as exempt and, as a result, may end up owing the employee overtime pay for all overtime hours worked over the last two, or […]

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21
Sep

HR Seminars: Company Websites Under Attack – ADA Title III Expanding to the Internet

Guest post by: Craig Salner, Esq., Clarke Silverglate, PA (Miami, FL) Most South Florida practitioners are familiar with the barrage of recent lawsuits against places of public accommodation challenging their equal accessibility for the disabled. The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), a statute more known for its ban on disability discrimination in the workplace, has […]

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31
Jul

Registration is Open – 2017 Florida Law Alliance Fall Employment Law Conference

Join fellow human resource professionals and business owners for a one-day conference sponsored by the Florida Law Alliance. The conference will be held on Friday, November 10, 2017 at the Sonesta Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel. We are thrilled to have Michael Farrell, Esquire, the EEOC District Director in Miami as our guest speaker. Topics and […]

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31
May

Why Employers Need to Review Employment and Confidentiality Agreements in Light of the Newly-Enacted Defense of Trade Secrets Act

Guest post by Mark Nieds, Esquire and Suzanne Boy, Esquire of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. Last week, the Defense of Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) was signed into law. The DTSA creates a federal legal scheme for the protection of trade secrets. Previously, protection of this form of intellectual property was solely a matter […]

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20
May

BREAKING NEWS: Department of Labor Overtime Regulations Out

Guest Post By:  Suzanne M. Boy, Esquire, Employment Law Attorney at Henderson Franklin Starnes & Holt The moment we have all been waiting for (dreading?) has arrived — the Department of Labor issued its “Overtime” Final Rule.  The details are available on the DOL’s website, with the “official” Final Rule to be published in the Federal Regulations. As […]

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22
Sep

Florida Law Alliance to Host Fall Employment Law Conference

Join fellow human resource professionals for a one-day conference sponsored by the Florida Law Alliance. The conference will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at the law offices of Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa, Florida. We are thrilled to be able to have Robert Weisberg, Regional Counsel for the EEOC be our guest speaker. […]

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