EMPLOYMENT LAW

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PENSION LAW… INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 ERISA AND YOUR PENSION PLAN 1.1 What is ERISA? 1.2 What Are Defined Benefit And Defined Contribution Pension Plans? 1.3 What Are Simplified Employee Pension Plans (SEPs)? 1.4 What Are Profit Sharing Plans Or Stock Bonus Plans? 1.5 What Are 401(k) Plans? 1.6 What […]

Using Consumer Reports-What Employers Need to Know As an employer, you may use consumer reports when you hire new employees and when you evaluate employees for promotion, reassignment, and retention – as long as you comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Sections 604, 606, and 615 of the FCRA spell out your responsibilities […]

Law governing this issue does vary from state to state so it is a good idea to also contact your state/local employment office-they will gladly talk to you. Some states will provide guidelines for overtime. Often the amount of overtime is the subject of reasonable negotiation between employer and employee (and has been the subject […]

I can’t get my employer to pay me my pension money. Whom do I contact? If you are having problems related to your pension, you need to contact the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). PBGC Contact Information: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026 Main Telephone Numbers General Inquiries: 202-326-4000 Participant […]

To control the costs of executive and employee turn-over, many companies seek to impose broad covenants “not to compete” with the employer as a condition of employment. However, the post-employment enforceability and effectiveness of non-compete covenants remains an unsettled area of American. In short, covenants that are overly broad or are addressed to behavior that […]

It is constructive when an employee resigns because an employer acting directly [or through persons effectively representing such employer, namely an [officer] [director,] [managing agent] [or] [supervisory employee]] either intentionally creates, or knowingly permits to exist, working conditions that are so intolerable or aggravated at the time of the resignation that a reasonable employer would […]