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Employee mental health has become an increasingly hot topic. Organizations are sometimes concerned about mental health problems being used by employees as a basis for seeking leave or avoiding certain responsibilities. (In Part II, we will examine op… Read More

If you have done your estate planning, you have almost certainly signed a general power attorney. In that document, you (the “principal”) gave another person (your “agent“) authority to act on your behalf in all matters not related to health… Read More

Why is estate planning vital for unmarried couples? You may think that you don’t need to worry about estate planning until after you are married, but estate planning for unmarried couples is just as important as it is for their married counterparts… Read More

The federal Corporate Transparency Act was passed in 2021 but takes effect this coming year. With the goal of tracking and limiting illegal money flowing through the American economy, the Act imposes reporting requirements on most existing and new sm… Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division recently recovered more than $72,000 for employees of Kentucky coffee shops that maintained illegal tip pools. The DOL found that coffee shop managers impermissibly retained a portion of… Read More

What makes you tremble when you think about estate planning? On this Halloween day, I thought I’d let you in on a few of the estate planning fears people have shared with me over the years: If I plan for death, I will die. This is a very real fear… Read More

Does daylight saving time affect employee pay? In a couple of weeks, daylight saving time will end and most of us will “fall back” an hour. While many of us will simply be concerned with resetting clocks, employers will want to consider how they… Read More

Short-terms rentals have become increasingly popular with real estate investors and those who want to purchase a retirement or vacation home for the future but are willing to rent it to vacationers during the intervening years. Whether you are consid… Read More