In many small businesses, the key to success is how well you can distribute your product. If you are selling retail items, you may want to find an experienced distributor with a great sales force and contacts. The distributor can then contract with dealers and large chains to sell your… read more →
On March 13, President Obama released a statement regarding updating and modernizing the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA requires that most workers covered by the act be paid at one and a half times their hourly wage for every hour worked over forty hour… read more →
If you are buying products or materials from another company, you can often accomplish this purchase with a simple purchase order. A purchase order itself can be a contract. Whether you use your own purchase order form, or the seller’s, take into account the following: Complete description of the goods… read more →
A license typically gives you the right, and sometimes the obligation, to use someone else’s asset or right, or gives someone else the right to use some asset or right of yours. The License Agreement spells out the precise terms of those rights. Who is involved in the license agreement?… read more →
If you are a small business owner that sells products then you need a good Sales Contract. The Sales Contract will lay out the price, terms and conditions for the sales of goods, equipment and a host of other products. The actual Sales Contract itself can take the form of… read more →
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints in the workplace based on an individual’s race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information and retaliation for reporting or opposing a discriminatory practice. The EEOC… read more →
As a general rule employers are not supposed to reveal medical information about employees unless there is a legitimate business reason to do so. However, with this standard being so general it provides little guidance for real-world workplace transactions. In an attempt to prevent leaks of medical information in the… read more →
When your employment is interrupted it is important to get replacement income as soon as you can. Your mortgage is still due, your car payment still needs to be paid and you and your family still need to eat. Searching for a job to replace your prior income can be… read more →
There are no laws out there requiring private employers to offer their employees retirement plans. In fact, only about half of the workers in this country’s private workforce are employed by companies that have some sort of pension plan. Thankfully there is the old standby: Social Security, the government’s income… read more →
Section 402(b) is applied in circumstance where you voluntarily quit your job. When trying to obtain benefits under 402(b) of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law (“Law”), you have the burden of proving that you quit your job for “necessitous and compelling reasons.” Section 402(b) of Law specially states that: An… read more →