By Sharmil McKee on February 28, 2010
I received this question by email: I was terminated by my job, however, when I was hired, I signed a noncompete agreement. Is it valid now that they fired me?
This is my answer: I have a typical lawyer answer…it depends. What does it depend on? Mainly, the language of the agreement and the circumstances of [...]
Posted in Asked and Answered, Employers | Tagged firing employees
By Paralegal on September 26, 2009
As a business owner, you are probably monitoring our country’s efforts to reform our health care system. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department recently reported that small business are uniquely feeling the impact of skyrocketing health care costs. In fact, nearly one-third of the uninsured – 13 million people – are employees of firms [...]
Posted in Employers | Tagged Legal Research
By Carlos Sillero on March 10, 2007
Slacker or hacker? | The Register
According to a recent study, the vast majority of insider IT sabotage is carried out by employees – or ex-employees – who have already showed signs of concerning behaviour such as tardiness, truancy, arguing with colleagues, and poor job performance, according to US researchers.
The findings come from a five-year insider [...]
Posted in Employers | Tagged firing employees, security policy
By Sharmil McKee on December 5, 2006
A Pennsylvania court recently ruled that a claimant was not entitled to worker’s compensation because he was not an employee, but rather he was an independent contractor.
The Court, while ignoring the independent contractor agreement and the non-compete agreement signed by the company and the claimant, examined the nature of the employment to determine if the [...]
Posted in Employers, Taxes | Tagged independent contractors, Management, unemployment compensation, workers compensation
