You’re an entrepreneur getting your new business up and running. Inevitably, you will run into a particular subset of questions regarding the set up of your business. As a law firm serving small businesses, here are the questions we receive time and time again: Should my...
We get a lot of questions on what employers can ask employees when it comes to COVID-19, accommodations, vaccines, and workplace protections. In this video, #MattTheLawyer answers some popular ones. For example: Yes, you can ask your employees if they are vaccinated.Yes, you can ask employees...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against a company for denying an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation request from an immunocompromised employee who wanted to work from home for a couple days a week and wanted frequent breaks while in...
This week we are talking about what vaccine policies businesses are able to take at this time, and of course, all of the exceptions that come along with those policies. Let's dive in. Mandatory Vaccine Policies and Medical Exceptions One of the most common questions I have...
Not every form of sexual harassment is as obvious. There subtle things that while individually relatively minor and maybe even harmless if done once or twice, can combine to create a hostile workplace. In this video I talk about how managers and small business owners can...
There is no "right way" to conduct a sexual harassment investigation. But there are common elements that make on successful. Impartiality — if you can be neutral, get someone else to do it.Having a plan (and following the plan)Systematic plan for collecting and reviewing evidence in...
The lurid details of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo conduct with female staffers, state employees, and the public (official report here) was big news and frankly frightening in scope, conduct, and breadth of the behavior. If true (and I expect they are true), the allegations...
Written by Arabella Chen and Matthew S. Johnston You thought of it. You created it. Your business depends on it. It is your business. It is likely intellectual property. Intellectual property (IP) ranges from artwork, inventions, designs, brands and logos to music, medical drugs, and more. IP laws...
The Great Resignation has become the name for the idea of how millions of workers are deciding whether to return to the office or take a chance to pursue other options. We are seeing many potential employees asking for work and employers asking for employees, but the two...