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,...
Jul 30, 2015 | Labor & Employment, News
BRADENTON-SARASOTA, FL, July 30, 2015 ––The law firm of Blalock Walters, P.A. is pleased to welcome attorney Anne W. Chapman to its firm. Chapman focuses on representing clients in a wide range of labor and employment law issues including defending public and private...
Sep 9, 2014 | Labor & Employment
On July 14, 2014, the EEOC issued its long-anticipated Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues (“Guidance”). The Guidance adopts new and dramatic substantive changes to federal law regarding employer obligations to pregnant employees. ...
