As your company grows and you add more employees, your exposure to employment related liability increases with each new hire. It also becomes increasingly difficult to assimilate new employees into your company culture as the number of people grow. An employee...
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Employment Law
What risks can business owners face?
If you are running a business, you are a target for lawsuits. They can come from a lot of different directions. Dissatisfied customers file actions for fraud, defects, breaches of contract, and malpractice. Even if you did nothing wrong, your brand will suffer when a...
You need to let a worker go; Will this make your unemployment insurance costs increase?
A few years ago, a colleague told me a woman had been with his firm for years, but had quit to take a new job. That job did not work out for her, so she left it, and she filed for unemployment compensation. My friend got a notice from the Ohio Department of Job and...
2 identical companies, 1 ‘wage thief’
Imagine two landscaping companies right around the corner from each other. Both companies cut lawns, lay mulch, install irrigation systems, and plow snow. Both employ skilled and unskilled laborers, drivers, and salespeople. Both companies utilize the same amount of...
7 common employment myths
I have spent more than 20 years bringing and defending lawsuits based on workplace problems. Every time I think I’ve seen most of what is good and bad about work, I get schooled. The workplace can be both better and worse than you think, and both sides delude...