by David P. Weiss | Aug 18, 2020 | Employment Law
On Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum (not an executive order, as reported in the popular press) suggesting deferral of the employee portion of FICA taxes from Sept. 1, 2020, through the end of 2020. The full text of...
by David P. Weiss | Apr 2, 2020 | Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law, Homeowner Associations, Physicians & Healthcare, Small Business Law
These are trying times for employees and employers alike in just about every industry imaginable. Disrupted work, adjusting to work from home (for the lucky ones!), uncertainty about how long stay-at-home and social distancing orders will last, outright business...
by David P. Weiss | Mar 3, 2020 | Employment Law
All elections are important; it’s just that some elections seem more important than others. Presidential election cycles always fall into that latter category, and thus this upcoming primary election, and then the general election in November, are of perceived,...
by David P. Weiss | Nov 2, 2018 | Employment Law
It seems like the campaign ads, especially the negative, bombastic ads, have been hitting all of us for months. Now the mid-term election is just days away (and then, fortunately, the ads will stop). Of course, regardless who wins the elections and what propositions...
by e-LawLines | Sep 28, 2017 | Employment Law
A Missouri federal court has entered an injunction stopping a former national sales director from taking a position with a competitor company in the pharmacy services industry, finding that the disclosure of confidential information such as customer information and...
by e-LawLines | Sep 25, 2017 | Employment Law, Small Business Law
In the final quarter of last year, many employers began frantic preparations in anticipation of a new DOL Overtime Rule that was to take effect December 1, 2016. This rule was to have raised the overtime salary-test exemption threshold from $23,600 to $46,476, meaning...