A majority of employers provide employees with breaks, including meal breaks. A typical break schedule may include two 15 minute breaks: one before lunch and one after lunch and then a 30 minute or more lunch break. Is the employer …
On March 7, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court entered an opinion in Tiara Condominium Association, Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., et. al., which may have altered the commercial and construction industries forever. In Tiara, the Court held that …
In July of 2006, Pamela Moore was admitted to Martin Memorial Medical Center for what should have been a simple laparoscopic hysterectomy. After the surgery, however, Mrs. Moore began experiencing abnormal signs and symptoms including low blood pressure, high heart …
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), which was recently signed into law on January 2, 2013, retroactively reinstates the popular IRA charitable rollover provision. The IRA charitable rollover provision allows individuals of 70½ and older to make tax-free …
In the first hours of 2013, Congress approved the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), which establishes the first “permanent” set of estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax provisions in twelve years. Many of the Bush estate tax …
Sandra G. Rennick of Gould Cooksey Fennell recently assisted the Board of Directors of the National Navy UDT-Seal Museum with the recent acquisition of the Trident House and a long-term usage agreement establishing the home as a place of rehabilitation …
Dress code and grooming standards are common in most workplaces. Employers often have a policy that provides employees must wear appropriate attire and be properly groomed. Such general policies often have hidden traps. For example, is there anything wrong with …
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has jurisdiction over all federal labor and employment laws and regulations, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The FLSA is a cumbersome and often misunderstood law that sets rules for the payment of minimum …
Employers of all sizes will eventually have to deal with an underperforming employee. How does an employer effectively deal with this situation before it turns into a lawsuit? First, you must recognize the fact that you have an underperforming employee. …
Not according to Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal. In a case of first impression, the Fourth DCA considered this issue in the case of Lenhart v. Basora. In Lenhart, the Plaintiff was seriously injured in a collision which occurred …