Dec 11, 2018 | Legal Updates
Ending employment can be stressful; getting paid should be easy. State and federal laws address the payment of wages, including when employment ends. The relevant federal law is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which currently mandates a minimum wage of...
Nov 12, 2018 | Legal Updates
With some limited exceptions, Arizona employers must pay all full-time, part-time, and temporary employees at least the minimum wage for every hour (or partial hour) the employee works. Pursuant to Arizona’s Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (“the...
Aug 20, 2018 | Legal Updates
Let’s start with the basics. Employers seldom offer a Severance Agreement to employees who voluntarily resign: why entice or reward a good employee to leave the company? Moreover, critical terms in handbooks or other policy statements,...
Jun 17, 2018 | Legal Updates
Employees are often surprised to learn that Arizona law does not require employers to grant meal or rest/smoke breaks to their employees. Neither does any federal law. Meal Breaks: However, if an Arizona employer decides to grant meal breaks, the federal Fair Labor...
Jun 11, 2018 | Legal Updates
On May 21, 2018, the Supreme Court settled the contentious class action waiver issue that has riled courts for the past six years. In a 5-4 opinion, the Court in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis, Supreme Court of the United States, Nos. 16–285, 16–300,...
Jun 3, 2018 | Legal Updates
Learning more about just where our grandparents, great-grandparents and even multiple “greats” came from, seems to bring us joy and add to our feelings of connectedness to our families and the countries where they once lived. This has been made possible and popular...
