Oct 4, 2016 | Health Care Law, Labor & Employment, Land Use
Medical marijuana continues its pace as a hot topic in Florida since its defeat via a ballot measure in 2014 and subsequent approval in this unpredictable 2106 election. In 2014 the ballot measure failed with 58 percent approval, just shy of the 60 percent required...
Oct 3, 2016 | Labor & Employment
On May 18, 2016, President Obama and the Department of Labor announced the final rule updating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime requirements. The primary change contained in the new regulations is to dramatically increase the salary requirement for the white...
May 5, 2016 | Labor & Employment
Employee handbooks should be periodically reviewed to ensure accuracy and legal compliance. Employee Handbooks can be a useful tool to assist employers in explaining policies and procedures to employees. However, in order to provide the maximum benefit to an employer,...
May 2, 2016 | Labor & Employment, News
The proposed changes to overtime compensation will take effect soon which leaves little time to implement changes to absorb the increase cost of providing overtime pay and reorganize business structure. Labor and Employment attorneys Anne Chapman and Marisa Powers...
Oct 21, 2015 | Labor & Employment
A recent Florida appellate court decision has created additional uncertainty concerning the treatment of referral relationships under Florida’s non-compete law. Under Florida law, a non-compete cannot simply be enforced to eliminate competition per se. Fla. Stat. §...
Aug 5, 2015 | Labor & Employment
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on June 30, 2015 that clearly demonstrates the Department’s intention to decrease the number of employees that qualify as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically,...
