Minimizing the Risk of Costly 401(k) and 403(b) Investment Fund and Fee Lawsuits

As employers who sponsor 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans prepare their 2017 year-end and 2018 “to do” lists, they should be sure to include a review of their processes for selecting and monitoring the investment funds they make available for plan participant investment and the fees their plans pay to record keepers and other service …

Employment Verification and the Ever Changing Landscape of TPS: What Should Employers Do?

How should or can employers who know they employ Temporary Protected Status (or TPS) workers prepare for elimination of TPS for nationals of certain countries?  Elimination of TPS may affect employment authorization for new employment or for re-verification of employees with expiring employment authorization documents (EADs).  Examples are the recently announced termination of TPS for …

The Devil is In the Details: The Importance of Sound Non-Compete and Confidentiality Agreements

By:  Autumn L. Gentry Though it may mean a few frantic days and maybe more than one sleepless night, most companies can manage the loss of a key employee relatively well. However, the thought of a key employee going to work for a competitor and calling on the employee’s old contacts to divert business away …

RECORDING WORKPLACE CONVERSATIONS IN CANADA VERSUS THE UNITED STATES

By Eric Kay and Sara Jodka There has been a recent trend whereby one party to a workplace conversation secretly records it and then attempts to use it as evidence against the other party. Typically, but not always, the recording party is the employee. The law in Canada allows one party to a conversation to …